hollyhock

so beautiful.

WOW! They are beautiful Sandra.

Lovely close up I love the peach one very pretty colour

Holy S***!!!!!
They're amazing, San!

cheers suey, michaela, morgana and mari, they are never ending lol morgana its more pale pink than peach, thanx guys

Still pretty I can see it now its the other one making it at a glance look peach but if I carefully look with out the other one yes its pink lol

lol glad you agree morgana hehehe

Tis funny how one colour next to another can alter the effect of a colour.

thats so true morgana, the first two stems looked really pink till the 3rd stem opened

ITs a WOW from me aswell

cheers carol :o)

Amazing the leaves still look good as well , mine usually go rusty !

yes its been lovely, leaves and all amy :o)

amy i read up on rust, its a fungi, if you get this you must cut all stems right down in autumn before leaves drop and discard all stems and leaves, if you dont it will repeat itself next year because its left in the plant soil, also if any mallow weed that must be distoyed as it tranfers to hollyhock plant, then hopefully next year will be clear

Stunning!

thanx TOG glad you like my plant

The colours and texture looks like a fine tissue paper Sandra

thanx richard, the winds arent doing them any favours, holding out at the moment though

They are beautiful San........I had two just like these a couple of summers ago, but lost them to rust....it really is a pain!

thanx janey i read if you cut them right back at the end of summer and tak leaves and all it may come back the next year, but have to clear everything so as not to go into soil otherwise will infect plant again

I've tried these this year but they're just not growing - any idea why they just wont take off? Yours are stunning and I'm jealous ;o)

i started mine in the house then once the last frost went i repotted into larger pots, once stronger into the ground, they are normally easy as dont mind dry conditions and any soil really. fed them once a week when in bigger pots and once when i planted them out, thats it really. these were my best ones yet, thankyou :o)