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Garden Gate:  How do Holly Hocks grow?  |
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Daisy
True Blue Farmgirl
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Daisy
Thistle Sprig Farm
NW Indiana
USA
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 Posted - May 24 2007 : 05:08:11 AM
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| 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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Michelle Marie
True Blue Farmgirl
158 Posts
Michelle
Many
Louisiana
USA
158 Posts |
Posted - May 24 2007 : 05:53:46 AM
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| 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. |
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Libbie
Farmgirl Connection Cultivator
3579 Posts
Anne E.
Elsinore
Utah
USA
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Posted - May 24 2007 : 06:07:06 AM
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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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mima
True Blue Farmgirl
1573 Posts
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Posted - May 24 2007 : 06:23:00 AM
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| 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! |
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Michelle Marie
True Blue Farmgirl
158 Posts
Michelle
Many
Louisiana
USA
158 Posts |
Posted - May 24 2007 : 07:16:05 AM
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| I am guessing that is not what is growing in my yard because it is a bush. |
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mikesgirl
True Blue Farmgirl
3659 Posts
Sherri
Elma
WA
USA
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Posted - May 24 2007 : 07:21:43 AM
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| Hollyhocks are definately not a bush - they are long tall plants with the flowers on top. Very beautiful, old fashioned flowers. |
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Marybeth
True Blue Farmgirl
6418 Posts
Mary Beth
Stanwood
Wa 98292
USA
6418 Posts |
Posted - May 24 2007 : 07:26:42 AM
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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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"Life may not be the party we hoped for...but while we are here we might as well dance!" |
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Michelle Marie
True Blue Farmgirl
158 Posts
Michelle
Many
Louisiana
USA
158 Posts |
Posted - May 24 2007 : 08:06:29 AM
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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. |
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Tina Michelle
True Blue Farmgirl
6948 Posts
Tina
sunshine state
FL
USA
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Michelle Marie
True Blue Farmgirl
158 Posts
Michelle
Many
Louisiana
USA
158 Posts |
Posted - May 24 2007 : 08:31:28 AM
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| Well, if there is any way to mail them, when we trim them down this fall I can send you a couple sticks. |
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Tina Michelle
True Blue Farmgirl
6948 Posts
Tina
sunshine state
FL
USA
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Phils Ann
True Blue Farmgirl
1095 Posts
Ann
Parsonsburg
Maryland
USA
1095 Posts |
Posted - May 24 2007 : 2:04:15 PM
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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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Aunt Jenny
True Blue Farmgirl
11381 Posts
Jenny
middle of
Utah
USA
11381 Posts |
Posted - May 24 2007 : 4:16:47 PM
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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
Inside me there is a skinny woman crying to get out...but I can usually shut her up with cookies
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brightmeadow
True Blue Farmgirl
2045 Posts
Brenda
Lucas
Ohio
USA
2045 Posts |
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Daisy
True Blue Farmgirl
107 Posts
Daisy
Thistle Sprig Farm
NW Indiana
USA
107 Posts |
Posted - May 24 2007 : 5:57:27 PM
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Thank you all so much for the great info!! Aunt Jenny I'd love some seeds this fall if you have extras!!
Daisy
Thistle Sprig Farm |
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Marybeth
True Blue Farmgirl
6418 Posts
Mary Beth
Stanwood
Wa 98292
USA
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Michelle Marie
True Blue Farmgirl
158 Posts
Michelle
Many
Louisiana
USA
158 Posts |
Posted - May 24 2007 : 6:51:45 PM
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| Man, you know your stuff!!! You go girl!!! |
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Aunt Jenny
True Blue Farmgirl
11381 Posts
Jenny
middle of
Utah
USA
11381 Posts |
Posted - May 24 2007 : 9:53:29 PM
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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
Inside me there is a skinny woman crying to get out...but I can usually shut her up with cookies
http://www.auntjennysworld.blogspot.com/ visit my little online shop at www.auntjenny.etsy.com |
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Miss Bee Haven
True Blue Farmgirl
4331 Posts
Janice
Louisville/Irvington
Kentucky
USA
4331 Posts |
Posted - May 26 2007 : 05:16:52 AM
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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.
"If you think you've got it nailed down, then what's all that around it?" - 'Brother Dave' Gardner |
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CabinCreek-Kentucky
True Blue Farmgirl
8529 Posts
Frannie
Green County
Kentucky
USA
8529 Posts |
Posted - May 26 2007 : 10:06:42 PM
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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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CabinCreek-Kentucky
True Blue Farmgirl
8529 Posts
Frannie
Green County
Kentucky
USA
8529 Posts |
Posted - May 26 2007 : 10:08:13 PM
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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
CABIN CREEK FARM
KENTUCKY
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Huckelberrywine
True Blue Farmgirl
1607 Posts
Michelle
Rosalia
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Posted - May 27 2007 : 09:37:06 AM
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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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Miss Bee Haven
True Blue Farmgirl
4331 Posts
Janice
Louisville/Irvington
Kentucky
USA
4331 Posts |
Posted - May 30 2007 : 08:07:54 AM
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A seed exchange sounds great to me!
"If you think you've got it nailed down, then what's all that around it?" - 'Brother Dave' Gardner |
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