PLEASE NOTE: Since plants are often sourced from the garden to order, sizes do vary a little, depending on how they come out of the ground, but I always endeavour to give a little more rather than less! They are sometimes shipped bare-rooted, but will approximate the size specified (e.g. a 9cm pot).
| Alcea rugosa | ||||||||||||
| Russian hollyhock, Yellow fig-leaved hollyhock | ||||||||||||
| Very unusual hollyhock! | ||||||||||||
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| Hollyhocks, although strictly speaking perennials, are usually grown as biennials, chiefly because they are susceptible to rust. However, this pale-yellow-flowered variety, with fig-leaf shaped foliage, is said to be a true perennial, being less prone to rust. The flowers are distinctive in that, unlike other hollyhocks, they have a lobed appearance. These are very tall plants and some support is recommended. Cut back after first flowers are almost spent to encourage new, albeit shorter, flower spikes. | ||||||||||||
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| Can be direct sown in late summer or spring. Alternatively, sow on the surface of peaty compost, barely covering with a very fine sprinkling of vermiculite or sieved compost (light is required for germination), under glass in mid-winter, either singly in modules or small pots, or in seed trays for transplanting when the first true leaves have developed. (NOTE: My experience has been that, whether sowing my own or externally sourced seeds, the germination has been slow, erratic and much lower than that of the common hollyhock, A. rosea, so I suggest sowing all seeds from the pack, or perhaps sow in two batches at different times of year.) |
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| Blue Eco-Friendly Wooden Plant and Seed Labels | Euphorbia characias subsp. wulfenii | Zaluzianskya capensis | Gladiolus communis subsp. byzantinus | Viola cornuta 'Back to Black' |
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