Re: terms/hollyhock

Okay, so if it looks like a holllyhock and smells like a hollyhock, but
grows from a rhizome, then what do you suppose it is?? Now, I'm
baffled...oh well, guess I'll start doing some searching.



Melody, IA (Z 5/4)

"The most beautiful thing we can experience is the mysterious."    
--Albert Einstein


On Thu 01/09, Kitty wrote:From: Kitty [mailto: kmrsy@earthlink.net]To:
gardenchat@hort.netDate: Thu, 09 Jan 2003 05:57:10 -0800Subject: Re:
[CHAT] termsMelody, I don't have any books here with me to verify, but
I'm fairly surethat Hollyhock, Alcea rosea is not rhizomatous.KittyOn
Thu, 9 Jan 2003 07:13:57 -0500 (EST) Melody wrote:> But from a rhizome?>
> > Melody, IA (Z 5/4)> > "The most beautiful thing we can experience
is> the mysterious." > --Albert Einstein --- On Thu 01/09, Pamela J.>
Evans wrote:From: Pamela> J. Evans [mailto:
gardenqueen@gbronline.com]To:> gardenchat@hort.netDate:> Thu, 9 Jan 2003
06:01:36 -0600Subject: Re:> [CHAT] termsHollyhocks are> self-seeding
biennials. Mine do exactly the> same thing, even the ones in> pots!
---------- Original Message> ----------------------------------From:>
"Melody" Reply-To:> gardenchat@hort.netDate: Thu, 9 Jan 2003> 05:20:51
-0500 (EST)>So what do> they call perennials that only produce foliage>
and blooms>every other> year? A few years back, I was astounded to find>
a huge>rhizome of what> turned out to be a hollyhock buried in my back>
yard>underneath grass> that had been being mowed for years on end...I>
dug it>up and> transplanted it to my garden...it was easily> well over a
foot>long and> several inches thick. Now, safe from being> mowed down,
it lives>on but> it only comes up every other year, blooms like> mad and
seeds>itself> every where but the next year it is no where to> be
seen...Is this>thing> just a freak of nature or do other plants have> a
growth pattern>similar> to this?>>>>Melody, IA


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