Re: hollyhocks and malva

In a message dated 6/11/2001 2:22:45 PM Central Daylight Time,
SSaxton@schwabe.com writes:


<BLOCKQUOTE TYPE=CITE style="BORDER-LEFT: #0000ff 2px solid; MARGIN-LEFT:
5px; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px">I guess I've had my fill.  Besides
delphinium, what tall, spikey plants
could I replace these plants with?  All colors welcome, but would
particularly like something blue/purple, and they need to be sun lovers.
Thanks for your input!

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Have you tried any of the Verbascums, there are a number of different purple
and pink forms around.

Some of the Liatris will reach 4-5 feet tall and they are purple or white.
Try Florstein violet.

Perovskia - but over the last few years selection has been for shorter and
shorter growing plants.

A number of different Nepeta to chose from-but N. sibrica would be my fav for
tall and blue. Mine are 4-5.5 feet tall this year and just coming into bloom
and they will bloom untill frost.

Astilbe 'Purple Candels' reaches 4.5 feet tall and blooms in a nice shade of
purple.

Aconitums have a nuber of tall blue to purple blooing fors including -
carichaelii which can reach 5-6 feet tall,  'Spark's Variety' has dark purple
flowers and grows 5 feet tall.
Like the Astilbe the onks hood do very well in full sun as long as the soil
is moisture retentive all season long.

Agastache with some searching you shoul be able to find some plants in this
group that grow 5-7 feet tall.

This all that I can think of right now - in the fall when I have caught up
with my sleep- I might be able to think of a few others.
Lets see what others suggest.

Paul

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