Re: larkspur

Well, Devon, our climate is too warm, too.  Tho' I have heard of people who
can get the annual larkspur to grow and flower around here by putting it in
very, very early.  I've had no such luck.   Delphiniums - the lovely tall
marvelous kind that say summer garden in cooler climes - despise our
climate....sigh...

Hollyhocks should do fine.  A place down the road from me has had them out
by the mailbox for over 20 years.  They do tend to get rust pretty bad, it
seems...I've never grown them, tho' I have had a Malva that did fine and
reseeds a bit; can't remember the name of it..short lived perennial type it
seems.

Marge Talt, zone 7 Maryland
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> From: Miller, Devon <DMiller@kilstock.com>
> Date: Monday, April 19, 1999 11:14 AM
> 
> A Gardener's lament!
> 
> I'm the person who whined about my failings w/ larkspur, and I have the
same
> problem as you with Hollyhocks -- I can grow them, but I can't get them
to
> self-seed and I can't get the seed on the plants I grow to make it
through
> the winter. 
> 
> Your problem w/ larkspur, from what I understand, may be that your
climate
> is too warm.  But that shouldn't be my reason for failure!
> 
> Devon Miller
> Chevy Chase MD zone 7
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: James & Donna Davis [d*@intop.net]
> Sent: Sunday, April 18, 1999 11:52 PM
> To: perennials@mallorn.com
> Subject: Re: larkspur
> 
> 
> I have the same problems with hollyhawks as I do with larkspurs.  I just
> don't have any luck with them
> if there is someone on the list that has a secret they are willing to
> share with me I would be over joyed.
> 
> Donna in NE Mississippi  (zone 7)
> 
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