Yes Pippi, we got 1.3" of rain last week over 4 days. Some things perked up, others not. For a lot of stuff, I think it was too little, too late. I can't even remember when we had rain before that, and temps were in the 90 to 100+ degree range.
My monarda can be seen here growing in a pot a few weeks ago. It fried and is now compost food. I bought 3 new corydalis this year which are also toast now.
This is an astilbe, 15 or 20 years old. You can see fried columbine, too.
Frying gaura, didn't produce one flower this year.
Salvia nemorosa, wintersowed last year
I really feel for the farmers. My plants are just ornamentals. For farmers, it's their livlihood.
Karen