Hollyhocks Sun Or Shade

Grows best in full sun. This is the old-fashioned perennial hollyhock that is so hard to find. A blend of rose, white, maroon, yellow and pink, large 3-5" single flowers are produced abundantly on stalks 5-7 ft.

Hollyhock is the backbone of the old-fashioned cottage garden, with its stately spires of large, delicate, wide open, round flowers. Truly romantic ruffly, double flowers, 3 1/2" across.

Great sturdy stalks that won't fall over. Use this plant for a dense hedge of season-long color. The shortest Alcea rosea and the first purple available as a single color.

Other hollyhocks do not flower until the 2nd season and then need to reseed themselves to bloom again. Grows 5-6' tall. Mars Magic is a hardy perennial that comes back each year with its vibrant red flowers.

These stunning 4'' flowers of the deepest darkest maroon will create a spectacle in your garden over the long early to mid-summer blooming period. Grows 5-6' tall and 2' wide. Blacknight is a newer hybrid that is more vigorous and disease resistant so...

Remove old stems and leaves andof them before the new spring to prevent spores from spreading.will not need to do anything special for hollyhock winter care. Once you see new growth, remove all the material to allow space for the the fresh leaves and...

Hollyhock weevils produce just one generation a year in most locations.Weevil pests on hollyhocks cause only minor visual damage, chewing small holes in hollyhock leaves and flowers.

Although the plant may not die, you may want to put hollyhocks with rust fungus out of their misery because of the severe disfigurement.Does hollyhock rust spread to other plants? Yes, it does! It only spreads to other members of the Alcea family, so...

Adventurous gardeners love to experiment, and what better way than to explore some of the lesser-known perennials that don't usually inhabit the local greenhouse. These plants will probably be varieties that you'll need to order (or special order from...

Winner of the Royal Horticultural Society's Award of Garden Merit! We are so pleased to be offering this gorgeous variety which many consider to be the best blue-flowered Rose of Sharon on the market.

Mature specimens often experience a dormancy during the summer months but will soon return with vigor once the shortened day length of fall arrives. Blooming in late winter and throughout the spring season, the flowers have dark maroon petals accented...

To help keep rust to a minimum, some tips on hollyhocks include:All of these tips should help but will probably not eliminate the rust problem. While they may be short lived, in their proper growing conditions they will continually grow more, which will...

Bare root plants should not be broken. If you've bought bare roots with any of these problems, follow the instructions below before planting.Bare root hollyhock plants usually come in plastic packaging protected byor sawdust.

Hardy in zones 4 and above. Direct seed May-July. Germination code: (1) or (4) Needs a period of pre-chilling. Sow 5-6 weeks prior to anticipated transplant date. As a background plant, this thrilling assortment creates a tall wall of color like no other.

, commonly called Lenten rose, is a clump-forming, late winter-blooming perennial which typically grows 1-1.5′ tall. Palmate, serrate, leathery, 8-16″ wide, glossy, basal, dark green leaves (7-9 leaflets) are evergreen in warm climates but deciduous...

I made a ditch and just when I was about to sow the seeds, two of my little neighbors showed up and asked me what I was doing. In the meantime, we've had a fence installed and the hollyhocks grew along it.Last year I sowed hollyhock seeds again, this...

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As dawn brings her light to a new day, you awake in a land that is completely new and unfamiliar. There are tales of Italian immigrants waiting months for some herbs or perhaps a grapevine from the old country.

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Treat mealy bugs by rubbing the affected areas gently with alcohol. They are also known as a friendship tree or money plant.Water a jade plant sparingly and place in full sun.Hillside slopes in South Africa are the native habitat of jade plants where...

Golden Variegated Sweet Flag has a typical philodendron flower that can be used fresh or dried. The fragrant, butter yellow and green sword-like blades (resembles iris leaves) create a striking contrast to other grasses and plants.

Alcea is a wonderful plant near the back of the border, working great along walls or fences. Raspberry Frosted Peaches The Peaches ‘n Dreams Hollyhock, 'Alcea rosea', has double, creamy-peach flowers that are frosted with tints of raspberry-pink and...

Look a little closer. Orange New Zealand Sedge forms a magnificently elegant arching mound of bronze-green finely textured leaves that looks fantastic when planted in groups of threes and fives or when used as the centerpiece of a large container.

Their inconspicuous blooms pale beside foliage in shades of silver, green, lavender, red, pink and deep maroon. Usually grown as an annual, wax begonias are hardy from U.S. Department of Agriculture plant hardiness zones 10 through 11.

Its decorative plumes will persist into fall and do well as cut flowers. It's the kind of plant that will stand out wherever you place it, and will look great in almost any location.

Crocosmias are clump forming and bloom best in crowded conditions. Tropical Flair in a Cold Hardy Perennial The Crocosmia Lucifer, 'Crocosmia x crocosmiiflora', a spring planted corm, produces beautiful red flowers.