Holly hock

Does anyone grow regular or Double Holly Hock in any new colors.
Jerry.

New color? I'm not sure what might qualify there. I have these in single and double.




dark burgundy

INDY..
I am just getting into holly hock, This is my second year & I have yellow-white-pink-& dark red in the double if they all live. The burgundy is one that I would like to try if all of these make it. If you don't have some of the doubles that I have then maybe we could make a trade of seeds this fall.
Jerry.

i have planted planted it 3 yrs to not a sign of one ever!!

Hope, try scoring the seed, soaking it overnight, and then planting. I had success this year doing it this way.

I just collected about a gallon of hollyhock seeds. They are not hard to grow! But just remember, they germinate one year, and the flowers come the second year Bi-Annual.

They are white, pink, and dark rose, all singles.

Flowrlady.. Thats good to know because I have about 50 that came on their own from seed that fell or the wind blew them all over. Does that go with the double or just the single at not comming up the first year??. I had a double pink that came up the first year or it forgot it wasn't suppose to.LOL!!
Jerry.

I think it's true of all holly hocks. They sprout one year, and bloom the next. Good luck with yours!

Some are perennial - the old fashioned singles that they used to call outhouse flower, because they used it to cover the outhouse. My husband says they will take over the world, and that there is a small patch in the back 40 that doesn't have any yet, but really, they are only around the barn and the house and the studio and the garage, and in a couple of flower beds where they didn't used to be. Not invasive, just enthusiastic!

do i plant the seeds now? or in spring--or should i try both times--new to holly hock and have some seeds to try

Planolinda...I have some I planted in the early fall & they came up & grew about 2'' . I would wait until spring but they won't bloom until next year. The first year they just grow but with no flowers.
Jerry.

are the green plants ok to look at the first year? just tall green stalks? if i got transplants they would grow the first year? maybe that is why i never see them in nurseries--no one wants to wait and the store doesn't want people disappointed that their plant didn't bloom? i will just have to learn to be patient

I am a newbie and all I did was smash the seeds that came directly from the mother plant into a 5 gallon bucket, and bingo! I counted every day, and always had more. I gave up counting when it reached about 35 seedlings! They are still outside in the same bucket, filled with leaves from our "ever so lovely gumball" NOT!!! tree. LOL And they are still just as green as when they first started showing life. I believe mine might be the older variety since I got the seeds from the neighbor across the road. She has them everywhere! I can't even tell you what colors they are, but I am sure I can get plenty of seeds next year if anyone is interested. Misty

I have a bunch of seeds too! Double pinks. Some are still on the stalks and I can get more.

I just threw all mine in together, so no tellin what I will end up with! LOL
The neighbor cut hers back, so I don't think I can get any seeds right now.
They are just so ugly once they get finished blooming and die back. :(

Thanks for the info about scoring the seeds. Didn't know about that. I have had them reseed themselves in the garden though, too.

I always try to grow tall single red and purple-y ones for the butterflies and hummingbirds. (Hollyhocks are both a larval host plant and nectar source for the butterflies and will draw the hummingbirds in to our garden, too)...didn't have HH last year and I missed them!

Indy, your dark burgundy flower is so pretty! Do you know the name of it?

I have at least a dozen colors of the old-fashioned single hollyhocks here. My favorite one is a blushing peach color. Here is a photo but the color looks as little off to me.

early_bloomer

very pretty! :)

What a pale beauty! Very elegant single, early bloomer!

I have a black single holly hock with a red center & have several double holly hock, I bought some new colors at the greenhouse & they told me the plants would bloom this year but they didn't.

I have a yellow hibiscus that you have to plant every year from seed & it has a dark purple center, You can let the seeds fall off when ripen & they will come up everywhere. I Thru away about 10,000 seeds this fall because each plant stalk has 20 seed pods per stalk & some plants have 10 or more stalks & some pods will have over 50 seeds per pod. I have a new purple from the greenhouse at least they say it's purple but I wouldn't count on it.

I have to replace 80 rosebushes this spring because of the weather getting up to 80 this spring & then after the roses & several other flowers came up it got down to 15 degrees for 4 days & it killed a lot of my roses, I have a new way to dig the new holes, I go to the rental store & rent a gas auger, Makes the digging easy.
Jerry

The spring weather played havoc with a lot of my plants, too. Hopefully most of them will be okay by next spring. I'll just have to wait and see.

mistygardener, be sure to transplant your hollyhocks early in the spring. They will grow 6' or taller, and they should all have flowers next year, because they germinated this year. Lucky you!

I only have a few left, and I don't think I'll even have enough to share next spring... waiting on this one, too!

I gotta figure out where I am gonna put em first! LOL We have a line of evergreens down our driveway, thinking of placing them in between each one? I should have plenty seeds to share next year, so if anyone wants any just let me know!

That sounds like a good place. Sometimes they get so tall that they fall over. Maybe you can brace them with the evergreens, somehow, if that happens to yours. They like lots of hot sunshine.

I would love to build a privacy fence between us and the neighbors, but it is too expensive, thus the evergreens! :) But, they are very small right now, and one is a dwarf that only grows about 2-3 inches per year! :(

They would make a great 'skirt' for your hollyhocks.

I think that is where they will go come spring! :)

Hope you all will enjoy this as much as I did! :)


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