I really don't think the heat is the problem for most plants in the ground. If they have enough water then they should be fine. It's the lack of water that fries the leaves and unfortunately these warm spells seem to be coming after weeks of no rainfall. Even drought tolerant plants have perished here and unless we do get a thunderstorm tomorrow then there is no rain forecast for the next two weeks.
It looks like Tuesday temps peaked somewhere over my house.
We just had some sporadic not-so-heavy rain showers here and seems like more is on the way. Saved me watering this evening.... but saw some of my plants in the ground and in the pots already dried out Will go out to properly assess the damage tomorrow...
We had about 30 seconds of rain last night during a thunderstorm but I'm not sure any got the chance to enter the soil due to the heat. We had more thunderstorms forecast but that's since changed so it looks like our couple of months without any meaningful rain will continue and that's far more scary than the heat for me.
On a different note has anyone seen any plants, or have any that they are surprised look so good given the weather? I've seen some hydrangeas locally, in full sun that are thriving, not a burnt leaf in sight. They don't look like they have been watered given the other plants around them and we are on very sandy soil.
40.3 recorded yesterday at RAF Coningsby (Lincs., about halfway between Grantham and Skeggy) but the national news always seems a bit London-centric - they were saying yesterday that Heathrow's 40.2 was a new record but not so much coverage when it was exceeded further north.
Doncaster, South Yorkshire. Soil type: sandy, well-drained
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On a different note has anyone seen any plants, or have any that they are surprised look so good given the weather? I've seen some hydrangeas locally, in full sun that are thriving, not a burnt leaf in sight. They don't look like they have been watered given the other plants around them and we are on very sandy soil.