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| Daisy |
Posted - May 24 2007 : 05:08:11 AM
Do I buy bulbs or plants or root or what? I have always loved them and would like to find some to plant, but I'm not quite sure what to look for. Thanks! Daisy |
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| Miss Bee Haven |
Posted - May 30 2007 : 08:07:54 AM
A seed exchange sounds great to me!
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| Huckelberrywine |
Posted - May 27 2007 : 09:37:06 AM
Oh, maybe we can do a hollyhock seed swap in the fall? I have light pink singles with a dark throat to them. They are planted on the west side of the house, and they shade that wall during the summer, which really helps keep the house cooler. They do reseed freely, and they are tough to get rid of when the reseed in the lawn. They have long tap roots. I also like to cut the dried stalks in the fall and use them for garden stakes the next year. They are light and tough, and the peas love the support.
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| CabinCreek-Kentucky |
Posted - May 26 2007 : 10:08:13 PM
it would be fun to do a 'hollyhock' seed exchange? i only have one plant .. and it will be awhile before i have seeds .. but .. i can send 'Cabin Creek Farm Sunflower seeds' in exchange. xo
True Friends, Frannie
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KENTUCKY
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| CabinCreek-Kentucky |
Posted - May 26 2007 : 10:06:42 PM
sweet ivy brought me a small plant .. i put it in the ground last year .. and it is growing wonderfully .. can hardly wait to see my little 'dancing ladies' .. did you all make dancing dolls from upside down hollyhocks when you were children? xo
True Friends, Frannie
CABIN CREEK FARM
KENTUCKY
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| Miss Bee Haven |
Posted - May 26 2007 : 05:16:52 AM
Daisy - I've got white hollyhocks and I'd be happy to send you seeds, as well. Like Aunt Jenny says, just remind me early in the fall.
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| Aunt Jenny |
Posted - May 24 2007 : 9:53:29 PM
Daisy..just remind me later..cuz I will surely forget if you don't. I am sure I will have some by Sept.
Jenny in Utah
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| Michelle Marie |
Posted - May 24 2007 : 6:51:45 PM
Man, you know your stuff!!! You go girl!!! |
| Marybeth |
Posted - May 24 2007 : 6:44:45 PM
Brenda they are in the same family just different cultivar.
Rose of Sharon is Hibiscus syriacus
Confederate Rose is Hibiscus mutabilis
there ya go. MB
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| Daisy |
Posted - May 24 2007 : 5:57:27 PM
Thank you all so much for the great info!! Aunt Jenny I'd love some seeds this fall if you have extras!!
Daisy
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| brightmeadow |
Posted - May 24 2007 : 4:48:40 PM
Is the confederate rose the same as a Rose of Sharon?
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| Aunt Jenny |
Posted - May 24 2007 : 4:16:47 PM
I have some old hollyhocks that just keep reseeding each year. I would be happy to send you some seeds in the fall when they are dry enough. Mine are ALL dark pink old fashioned ones..they grow all over my front flower beds..I love them.
Jenny in Utah
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| Phils Ann |
Posted - May 24 2007 : 2:04:15 PM
Diane, as a lover of hollyhocks, I wanted to add... if you buy plants (they're biennial), get the single flowered type, either old fashioned pastel, or red, or chocolate-- all of which should re-seed for the future. They like sunshine. I made sure to get mine going by buying a few plants, then buying seeds to plant in the fall.
Ann
Sairy Hill Thicket
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| Tina Michelle |
Posted - May 24 2007 : 10:42:04 AM
aww that's so sweet of you.
they certainly are pretty and I had a wee start of one years ago..but unfortunately it went bottoms up.
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| Michelle Marie |
Posted - May 24 2007 : 08:31:28 AM
Well, if there is any way to mail them, when we trim them down this fall I can send you a couple sticks. |
| Tina Michelle |
Posted - May 24 2007 : 08:07:35 AM
hey there Michelle,
the confederate rose is in the hibiscus plant family... It can get very tall like a tree. I love the flowers on it..how they'll start out white in the morning then by evening they have turned pink.
I'd love to find some cuttings for them again.
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| Michelle Marie |
Posted - May 24 2007 : 08:06:29 AM
Thats what I have then, a confederate rose. It reminds me of a Hibiscus. It gets pink flowers about August, then they turn white.
I will have to tell my husband. |
| Marybeth |
Posted - May 24 2007 : 07:26:42 AM
Daisy, Hollyhocks (alcea rosea) need to have lots of circulation because they will get rust. Just the nature of the beast in the wet area, which is where I live. I don't know about Indiana. I have had a hard time growing them also even from starts but in town they seem to grow fine, and naturalize themselves. And Libbie is right to sow in the fall. And the slugs and snails love em. So there ya go. MB
Michelle, out here a Confederate Rose is a type of hibiscus which is a bush or shrub. MB
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| mikesgirl |
Posted - May 24 2007 : 07:21:43 AM
Hollyhocks are definately not a bush - they are long tall plants with the flowers on top. Very beautiful, old fashioned flowers. |
| Michelle Marie |
Posted - May 24 2007 : 07:16:05 AM
I am guessing that is not what is growing in my yard because it is a bush. |
| mima |
Posted - May 24 2007 : 06:23:00 AM
I bought one of the hummingbird mixes seed canisters, well it must of had lots of hollyhock seeds cuz I've got hollyhocks coming up everywhere-I'm sooo excited! I love hollyhocks!!! Very easy to grow from seed! |
| Libbie |
Posted - May 24 2007 : 06:07:06 AM
Hi, Daisy! I've planted them from seed quite a few times, and it works well - I usually sprinkle the seeds around in the autumn, when they'd naturally fall from the plant, but I'll bet you can plant them now, too. I got some great seeds from K-Mart, of all places!!!
XOXO, Libbie
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| Michelle Marie |
Posted - May 24 2007 : 05:53:46 AM
That is funny you ask, because yesterday my hubby and I were watching HGTV and they had those on there. We call them Confederate Roses. I am assuming it is the same thing. Someone gave us a cutting, we let them grow in a pot and root, then planted them. Maybe you can get a cutting. |
