The PGA players are not the only ones being affected by the wild Wisconsin weather this week. We have had a nasty combination of humidity, blinding fog, excessive heat and torrential rain. This has spelled disaster for some of my flowers, especially the newbies who are still trying to get situated in their new environments (a.k.a. the sunflower hybrid has basically wilted).
However, one of our veterans took even more drastic measures in response to the conditions. The right container decided that life was no longer worth living this week and took a header off the deck. Literally, the lobelia, nierembergia, soil, window box and window box hanger took a dive off the deck after some heavy winds. Fortunately, no one below was hit by the falling missile, and the results were pretty funny.
After retrieving the fallen window box, my husband felt the lobelia must have been after a Darwin Award (Darwin Awards are given to people that make the biggest spectacle out of trying to remove themselves from the gene pool in the most idiotic way possible). Apparently, the lobelia decided that taking a header off the deck was not enough, and also managed to throw itself another three feet from the box when it landed. I've since replanted both, and the lobelia still seems bound and determined to die, so we may have to let it go. The nierembergia seems to have survived it's little joy ride and is probably hoping that its next box mate has less suicidal tendencies than the lobelia.
