RE: Rust-free Hollyhocks
- To: "'perennials@mallorn.com'"
- Subject: RE: Rust-free Hollyhocks
- From: S* S*
- Date: Thu, 17 Aug 2000 11:13:31 -0700
Oh please, let it be so! I would love to hear the results of this. At the
very least, I guess I'll have to try it myself.
One question: wormwood often refers generally to artemesias, which have a
whole host of cultivars. Which plant, specifically, botanically, does she
refer to?
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Lowery@zeonchemicals.com [L*@zeonchemicals.com]
> Sent: Thursday, August 17, 2000 8:22 AM
> To: perennials@mallorn.com
> Subject: Rust-free Hollyhocks
>
>
>
> In the latest NEW SCIENTIST magazine, Liz Fletcher's article
> concerning
> plants was interesting. She discussed companion gardening
> and identified
> "guardian" and "doctor" species that can be interplanted to form a
> beneficial relationship. Gardeners have long suspected that
> plant roots
> secrete beneficial chemicals. Companion planting has been
> practiced for
> centuries and many books have been written on the subject.
>
> One item of note is that she claims that the only way to grow
> rust-free
> hollyhocks is to plant wormwood next to them. Has anyone
> found this to be
> true or is willing to experiment with it?
>
> Val in KY
> zone 6a
>
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