Beautiful pictures love pink wow stunning. The bees and other creatures just love them! Place the pots on a sunny windowsill—under grow lights or in a cold frame—and keep the soil slightly moist throughout the germination process. Start them inside about mid-March. For me here in MD, sowing them in the fall works best. Hollyhocks normally re-seed themselves in the subsequent years, so all you need to care about … Awesome hub with fantastic step by step how to! Like zinnia seeds, hollyhock seeds are really easy to germinate, so they're good ones to try, even if you're not feeling lucky. Jill Spencer (author) from United States on February 03, 2020: inkXE from Los Angeles on February 02, 2020: Jill Spencer (author) from United States on October 16, 2019: Hi Michele! In my experience, once you get them started (cross your fingers) they go, go, go for years. In winter, spring, or fall (when the hollyhocks are not blooming), loosen the ground around established plants. You may find that after a couple of years the plants will not appear as vigorous or flower as freely as the younger plants and occasionally one will die. (See directions for harvesting and saving hollyhock seed below.). If you would like some please leave a comment and we will get in get in touch when this years are ready. A lovely row of fuzzy teddybear sunflowers. Hollyhocks really aren't that much effort if you start them outdoors. Jill Spencer (author) from United States on July 30, 2016: I just now saw your comment! Jill Spencer (author) from United States on April 09, 2013: Hi skye2day! Fingers crossed for that future row of giant hollyhocks! Do you have any suggestions for avoiding rust with hollyhocks? Just found this comprehensive and so clearly explained hub & had to comment..I even think I with a green thumb could do this:) love hollyhocks! Because of its height, hollyhock is perfect for the back of a bed or border. Plant hollyhock seeds and enjoy this showy, tall favorite perennial. Collecting and saving hollyhock flower seeds is a simple process. It also causes those that do sprout to do so more quickly. I am going to give this a try. When they are young seedlings they will need a good watering about once a week, if there are not getting any rain. ExpectGreatThings from Illinois on April 09, 2013: I love hollyhocks! This has inspired me. Reply. I hope you have found this blog post useful and that it helps you grow hollyhocks from seed as we do at Gardeners Cottage in Blakeney. Some hollyhock seeds seem to resist fungi infections better than others so these are a good start. Then gently pull stalks out of the ground—retaining their long roots—and place them in a bucket of water. Jill Spencer (author) from United States on February 04, 2018: Yay! After a few days, remove the hollyhock pods, breaking them open onto sheets of paper towels. Flowers will put off a colorful display of deep crimson, light pink, rose, rosy red, yellow and white in pompon like blooms. Dolores Monet from East Coast, United States on August 22, 2013: I love hollyhocks but have not been successful with them. This can look somewhat messy but I have found this gives the best germination rate. --Jill. Heidi Thorne from Chicago Area on April 09, 2013: Absolutely gorgeous photos! Hope you consider joining HP as a writer. Question: How do I bloom a hollyhock that is almost a year old? I wish you lots of success with your seeds. A dwarf variety of an old-fashioned hollyhock. It is my first time planting. Sorry to hear about your cat. Answer: Hollyhock does cross-pollinate. Wish you'd write an article about it and post your pictures here on HubPages. (As a child, she pulled the blooms and played with them as dolls.) Great hub! Life is waiting to happen under our feet! I'm going to plant our hollyhocks along the fence tomorrow. Answer: Plant them about three feet apart. Keep moist and protect from the sun. Read our blog to find out more about the cottage and Blakeney. Water the seeds using a fine hose spray attachment on a watering can or garden hose, until the ground is moist to a depth of 2 inches. Collect seed from a friends hollyhocks in late summer or early autumn, If you can take a whole spike of seed heads and lay the section on the ground where you want to seeds to germinate. I really did snag lots of pink hollyhock seed last fall--more than enough to share! If you have received a pack we wish you every success in growing them and would love to hear how you get on. My 80 year old neighbor who grew up in this house confirmed that, yes, they had hollyhocks in the location of the new room. Best to you! This content is accurate and true to the best of the author’s knowledge and is not meant to substitute for formal and individualized advice from a qualified professional. Sheri Dusseault from Chemainus. My grandmother use to grow hollyhock, I have not tried yet. Marie Flint from Jacksonville, FL USA on September 25, 2017: I tried growing hollyhocks from seed last year and failed. Shared and pinned. The flowers are almost over and I had intended to save the seeds for next year as this was the only one that was this color. One to two weeks before the last frost date, scatter seeds where you want the hollyhocks to grow, preferably by a doorway, along a fence, or at the back of a flowerbed. They are also traditionally grown along fences, by gates, and next to doorways. I'm wondering if it can still survive from the stalk that's left in the ground. Alcea 'Creme de Cassis' Hollyhock Perennial. Who would have thought? Thank you so much for sharing your great story. We never completely get rid of the rust but this method means that the load on the plant is not sufficient to kill it and they still flower spectacularly and our garden is teaming with wildlife as we avoid the use of toxic chemicals. No, I don't think nature would mind so long as you left some pods on the stems. That's the best thing about planting flowers in the fall-- early flowers! All our hollyhock seeds collected last year have now gone, but we will have more this autumn. I'll bet you get some to germinate. Jill Spencer (author) from United States on March 20, 2019: Hi Renee! Hi Jill, thanks for all you excellent information! And don’t worry about the cold. Will sure be happy this time next year. But the first year you probably will only get green growth and then second year get big plants with flowers on them. Leave the seed heads there all winter. Get Your Preferred Seeds. I'll take a look, too, ExpectGreatThings. Thanks for the kind words. We may get a late crop of seed as we have some hollyhocks that are flowering now, so if you would like to go on waiting list please comment below. We have decided to let our much-loved large family holiday cottage in Blakeney. Kathy Sima from Ontario, Canada on February 22, 2013: Thanks for that info, Jill. The HP messages usually go to my spam. If the pods are mature, yes, you can salvage the seeds. Thanks so much! --Jill. Thanks for this article which will help me keep it coming back! I planted hollyhocks from seed in the ground and most of them have grown into beautiful, leafy stalks. Hollyhocks come in a wide variety of colors: blue, pink, purple, red, white, yellow and even black. My husband is so proud!! DO NOT use seeds from infected plants and inspect new hollyhock plants for rust symptoms prior to purchase. Hope you do enjoy growing hollyhocks. And they sure are pretty! Best, Jill. Jill Spencer (author) from United States on July 12, 2018: If you plant them in summer, they may germinate and then die as seedlings because of the heat or simply never grow to maturity. Jill Spencer (author) from United States on February 22, 2013: Hey Glimmer Twin Fan! It's best to start the seed in individual pots, as hollyhocks (even seedlings) can develop long taproots that don't transplant well. Hi Stephanie! Water treatments are commonly used on seeds with hard shells. Hollyhock is fun and easy to grow for a brilliant summer show. Well, but your hub has inspired me to plant a Hollyhock in my farmhouse :) Thank you! So you'll have little trouble differentiating bits of stem, pod, and other chaff from them. Rust was more of a problem with old varieties of hollyhock. Question: Will three separate clumps, each a different color, planted within 20 meters of each other, cross-pollinate and mix colors? If you have any tips of your own please leave them in comments. The best time (and the easiest time) to sow hollyhock seed is in autumn. I collected seeds each season, and brought them with us when we moved to a different home. To start hollyhock seed indoors in the spring, begin in late winter, about nine weeks before the last predicted spring frost in your area. The tall spikes are covered with blooms from top to bottom. Chalky, sandy or loamy soils are ideal. Gardeners Cottage is a Large luxury dog friendly cottage with garden to rent in Blakeney on North Norfolk coast for holidays and short breaks. I hope you do! Rust is often worse if you have a wet summer. Will the hollyhocks be okay? Athlyn Green from West Kootenays on April 09, 2013: I love hollyhocks. Interesting article about propagating these flowers from seed. Creeping Charlie can be confused with hollyhocks' young, new growth. However, zones that have hard freezes will either need to treat the plants as annuals or provide protection for hollyhock in winter. They really are magnificent and will keep popping up new flowers right until the first frosts. Thus, consider your color preferences as well as your space and height needs before opting for seeds. Unlike snapdragon seeds, which are black and fine, hollyhock seeds are large and course. To keep hollyhock growing from year to year, allow established plants to self-seed, or scatter the seed yourself in autumn at the end of the growing season. These are such gorgeous plants ---I am in town today so will look for some seeds. So I won't be growing them this season, but they were certainly interesting to grow. Thanks for your kind words! They do not seed true, so the flowers may not be the same colour as the plant from which you obtained your seeds. From bud to bloom, hollyhock is a show stopper. This is because hollyhocks produce a very deep tap root, which is what makes them so drought resistant and able to grow in crevices in between paving slabs. What do I do with them this fall? Great to meet you. They are a beautiful flower in Gods creation. They bloom the following year, unless brutal winter weather kills them. Thus use of resistant varieties may not be a reliable method for control of hollyhock rust in all situations. For hollyhock flowers, you have a variety of colors to choose from, such as white, pink, red, yellow, and maroon. Yes if you are very careful when you dig them up and make sure that you do not damage to deep tap root. Jill Spencer (author) from United States on October 14, 2017: It probably will set new growth and live, so long as it doesn't get mowed down again. Jill. Simply sprinkle the seed onto soil that's been amended with lots of rich compost and cover it very, very lightly with soil. Best, Jill. These babies are unlikely to flower until the following year. I did my research and found that hollyhocks like tough conditions , and lots of sun and ideally like to be against a sunny warm wall as they are tall and this affords them shelter. If you then send us a stamped addressed envelope we will send you some of this years seeds for you to sow in your own garden. I reminded him of exactly how much compost, etc it took to amend the ground where my garden is planted, so I doubted any vegetable seeds would survive in that desolate area beside the alley. FB and Tweeted. Think of yourself as a bird or some other seed disseminator! Scatter the seeds thinly over the prepared soil, but don't cover them with soil because hollyhock seeds need light to sprout. I think that's how you get to it. As when sowing hollyhock seed, be sure to choose a sunny, rich-soil location that's right for a tall, tall plant. It's always a good idea to hold a few seeds back and help nature along. I grew hollyhock from seed last year. How to grow hollyhocks – hollyhocks growing at the back of a border . You have to be very patient with hollyhocks. If I have a tiny plant with roots will it flower in the first year or do I have to wait till year two like from seed ...I live in Zone 4b so am desperate to get baby roots in the ground! First, allow the hollyhock flowers to "go to seed.". It's tough (make that impossible) to control nature, isn't it? It will, however, put on a beautiful show during year two. You certainly deserve the HOTD. Patricia Scott from North Central Florida on April 09, 2013: I have not hadhuge success in grwoing plants from seeds but this sounds like something I can do. This may all sound like quite a lot of work, but you will be rewarded by the most glorious sight every summer once they start to flower. They are very reliable flowerers. We do not use fungicides, herbicides or insecticides at Gardeners Cottage as we like to look after our wildlife so we have come up with our own solution for dealing with the rust. I love hollyhocks, too. Hope your hollyhocks are a success. Very useful and lovely photography! Malva plants (Malva spp.) Thank u for great info! Hollyhocks are easy to grow and their blooms come in a wide range of jewel colours, flowering from early summer to autumn. Sending you many Angels this morning :) ps. It took me a year to write this hub after you mentioned in an email that I should do it. an-rtist-- isn't the natural world amazing? I remember my mother telling me that people with outhouses used to often use them to decorate the outsides of those buildings. It won’t harm hollyhock seeds. Take care, Jill. Moreover, the holding stalks range from 6 to 9 feet. It's now taller than my house (somewhere around 15 feet, in my opinion), with big, beautiful flowers painted in the most gorgeous color of faded pink, like you'd find when looking at antiques. I love the pictures, your plant looks beautiful. I had a home 10 years ago and it had a hollyhock that grew at least 6 fee. If you plan to save the seeds and plant them later, you should definitely dry them. Voted up, useful and beautiful! Because hollyhock seeds are large and have fairly tough seed coats, soaking them in warm water or hot water prior to sowing increases the percentage of seed that germinates. Planting Potted Plants in the Garden: Select a location in full sun with well-drained, moist soil enriched with plenty of organic matter. When the flowers have devolved into large, brown pods, snap them off and drop them into an ordinary paper sack, such as a brown lunch bag, for safe keeping. (As noted above, hollyhock seeds need light in order to germinate.). Shipping category 1. Best, Jill. Hollyhocks can be cut for bouquets and you can even add the petals to salads or crystallise for cake decorations. Could this be a hybrid that I won't be able to reseed? Now it is time to thin them out and just leave the largest healthiest ones. I'm now living in a different area of Canada and find they don't self-seed. Thanks for sharing this information. Jill Spencer (author) from United States on June 22, 2019: Oh no! I have just taken a couple of seed pods from a wonderful dark pinkish red hollyhock that stands in a small clump in a very dry and sandy area near the sea in Hampshire (UK) and that has been flowering the same colour only for all the 5 years I have walked past it. The water treatment is a great idea I will try this year. If they aren't, the water method would probably work just as well. Rust fungus forms little pustules on the underside of hollyhock basal leaves and often spreads from there up the stem. Mar 7, 2016 - Explore Ilene Wight's board "hollyhock", followed by 164 people on Pinterest. Simple answer yes in abundance but they will not always seed true. only live for 2 years ) but this is misleading as they will live quite happily and flower for many years. The world can always use one more beautiful flower. Make sure the seeds are completely dry before storing them, as they have a tendency to mildew. Are you sure it's a hollyhock? This growing and maintenance guide will cover the following topics for this biennial: Hollyhock tends to grow true from seed, even hybrids like this double pink. I'm starting hollyhocks in a new area of the yard this year. Take care, Jill. Nettlemere from Burnley, Lancashire, UK on April 09, 2013: @ ThelmaC-- Thank you, Miss Thelma! This is so helpful, answering my question on what to do now and how to plan for the future. Seedlings usually appear in 10 to 14 days. Jill. Place the individual seeds flat on the paper towels, removing the chaff with your fingers or with tweezers. How can i get them to you? Around May or June, sometimes earlier you will start to see your tiny baby hollyhocks emerge. I must try your suggestions. Next year! Thanks! Young hollyhock buds are tender and green, with a … Young hollyhocks do not cope well with competition. I’ve just been waiting for the freezing weather to go away, and then the rain started so now I’m waiting for a dry day. As the flowers die, the petals fall. We collect seed every autumn from our hollyhocks in the cottage garden, so If you would like some free Blakeney hollyhock seed do leave us a comment below to let us know, and we will get in touch in the autumn when we next have some hollyhock seeds. And your photos are gorgeous! All plants need water but fully grown hollyhocks have a very deep tap root and are able to survive in very dry and poor soil conditions such as down crevices and at the foot of walls in rain shadows. If you sow them by breaking and scattering dried seed pods outdoors at the end of the growing season, there's no need to soak the seed beforehand. About 10 months later when i had nearly given up hope of anything germinating my first tiny hollyhock plants began to appear. We find hollyhocks germinate very well if you just scatter the seeds on the surface of the ground where you wish them to germinate. Jill Spencer (author) from United States on September 25, 2017: Hi Marie. Each year, as it dropped seeds, we had more and more plants. My husband just mowed over the biggest, most beautiful one. Thanks for sharing this beautiful (photos are awesome) hub..Cheers. I'm anxiously waiting for a new hollyhock I planted last year to shoot up flower stalks. In reading the comments I like the idea of getting a plant a year old to start~sweet. I have no idea what color they will be (they were a gift from someone else's garden) but am hoping for black. They do love to self seed, but you have done a very nice job of showing people how to save Hollyhock seeds for transplanting next year, which will offer more control of where they end up. Add to basket. Where to plant hollyhocks. Zebrina has 2 inch white to lavender flowers with deep purple stripes pointing to a purple center. I've found seeds from Monticello and Southern Exposure to be reliable. We also remove the large leaves around the base and the dead leaves that have dropped to the ground as this allows better air circulation which also helps to reduce the rust. I love that my beautiful hollyhock has such a intriguing (possible) story and has returned to its proper place! Allow harvested seed pods to dry in paper sacks for a few days. They did actually germinate, grow and flower. Hollyhock seeds are large and flat. With a range of 3 to 8 feet tall, even the short end of the height spectrum is big. This year I thought nature wouldn't mind if I took a couple of seed pods - I shall be planting immediately (18 Sept 2017). Giving hollyhock seeds a water treatment is a good idea if you're using store-bought seed or seed that you've collected, dried, and stored. My sister gave me seed pods from her plants and i want to plant them but am not sure where to start! Alcea 'Black Knight' seeds Hollyhock Perennial . Hi moonlake! Writer Bio. Let’s look at a few tips on hollyhocks to help you grow them in your yard. Allow seeds to fall around plants to encourage new plants. Jonne Pollina . The first time I came to Blakeney on the North Norfolk coast on a camping holiday about 16 years ago, I was blown away by the sight of so many glorious hollyhocks flowering up and down Blakeney high street against the cottages. Have a good one! I appreciate them very much! Best, Jill. At this point, they are ready to harvest. Planting them in fall may also induce hollyhocks to bloom the first year. Doris James MizBejabbers from Beautiful South on April 09, 2013: Such a beautiful, professionally done hub with such gorgeous photos. Hollyhock, Alcea rosea, is a half-hardy biennial prized for its colorful blooms, which appear on tall flower stalks in summer. 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