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Showing posts with label Hollyhock. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Hollyhock. Show all posts
Tuesday, July 7, 2009
Gardening Tips : Transplanting Hollyhocks
To transplant hollyhocks, pull the plant out of the ground, store the plant in a bucket of water, and replant as soon as possible. Cover the roots and leave the stem of a hollyhock plant exposed when planting with instructions from a sustainable gardener in this free video on gardening.
Gardening Tips & Flowers : How to Take Care of Hollyhocks
Hollyhocks are flowering plants that are found all over the world because they are a hardy plant that can be started by seed. Cut the greenery of a hollyhock back in the winter with instructions from a sustainable gardener in this free video series on flower gardening and plant care.
Plant of the Day - Alcea (Hollyhock)
AlceaFrom Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Photo: Alcea setosa
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Eudicots
(unranked): Rosids
Order: Malvales
Family: Malvaceae
Genus: Alcea
Species See text.
The hollyhocks comprise about 60 species of flowering plants in the genus Alcea (Ál-ce-a) in the mallow family Malvaceae, native to southwest and central Asia. They are biennial or short-lived perennial plants growing to 3.5 m tall, with broad, rounded, palmately lobed leaves and numerous flowers, pink or yellow in the wild species, on the erect central stem.
Hollyhocks are popular garden ornamental plants, cultivars selected, particularly from A. rosea. The flowers have been selected for variations in colour, with dark purple, red and white-flowered plants available in addition to the colours found in wild plants.
Hollyhocks are very drought resistant, and do well in full sun locations that might be too hot or dry for other plants. They produce large, flat coin-shaped seeds (1/2" diameter) that seem to grow easily wherever they drop. While an individual plant might only live a handful of years, by that time chances are good it will leave plenty of descendants. They have very long taproots which make transplanting difficult.
Hollyhocks are very drought resistant, and do well in full sun locations that might be too hot or dry for other plants. They produce large, flat coin-shaped seeds (1/2" diameter) that seem to grow easily wherever they drop. While an individual plant might only live a handful of years, by that time chances are good it will leave plenty of descendants. They have very long taproots which make transplanting difficult.
Hollyhocks have become more popular recently - Canton, IL - Canton Daily Ledger
| Probably no other plant is more closely associated with summers on the farm than hollyhocks. Many a childhood memory includes a view of colorful spires of bell-shaped flowers rising above the sight and smell of chicken pens and cowpies. Hollyhocks, with their flowers reminiscent of ladies waiting in line for a summer cotillion, have become more popular recently with the interest in cottage gardens. U of I Extension Horticulture educator Sandra Mason says hollyhocks are 5-9 feet tall and they can be used as a towering background plant in a flower border, or along a fence or wall. Read more: | |
| Hollyhocks have become more popular recently - Canton, IL - Canton Daily Ledger Source: cantondailyledger.com | |
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