RE: hollyhocks and malva
- Subject: RE: hollyhocks and malva
- From: S*@schwabe.com
- Date: Tue, 12 Jun 2001 8:50:27 -0700
Ah! Live in Oregon and I guarantee you they will be covered in frust from
April on!
I guess I will count my blessings; we have yet to experience Japanese
beetles!
> -----Original Message-----
> From: ECPep@aol.com [E*@aol.com]
> Sent: Monday, June 11, 2001 2:54 PM
> To: perennials@mallorn.com
> Subject: hollyhocks and malva
> > > In a message dated 6/11/01 3:22:45 PM Eastern Daylight Time, > SSaxton@schwabe.com writes:
> > << I guess I've had my fill. Besides delphinium, what tall, > spikey plants
> could I replace these plants with? >>
> > There are two yellow species that seldom rust (hollyhocks) > One branches and > is a long lived perennial. These produce flowers over a long > period. They > are in most seed catalogs, the branching one becomes very > tall. I mix these > in my mind so you will have to check them for yourself, one > is ficifolia and > the other rugosa. The leaves are fig leaf shaped. You do > not usually see > these plants in nurseries.
> > Gardens North is also offering a species I am going to try > next year, Alcea > pallida. I missed this one this year, the color is lilac.
> > Malva sylvestris is treated as an annual here and reseeds > making it a sort of > perennial companion. This come in various purple shades and > is a beautiful > plant that I have never seen rust. Thinking about this one, > it has been here > for many years and no, it never rusts.
> > Whilst these three never rust in my garden, they are covered > with Japanese > beetles all summer. JB's arrive in New York on the 4th of > July and since > they do not like the west coast you have one small thing to > be thankful for.
> > This is a good question, I too, would like to see more answers.
> > Claire Peplowski
> NYS z4
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