Rust on Hollyhocks

     Doreene,
     
     The bad news with rust on hollyhocks is that once they have it, it 
     won't go away.  I pulled up all my rusty hollyhock & am replanting 
     from seed collected from the old plants & hope that hat will break the 
     cycle.  I was told that most volume nursery purchases will have been 
     exposed to rust, especially if they have been propogated from other 
     than seeds to ensure the colour and form stay true.  That statement 
     may cause a furore from nurserymen, but I got my original plants from 
     a chain homestore & soon they were covered in it.  The good news is 
     that so far, it hasn't spread to anything else, although a mallow on 
     the otherside of the garden is infected, but I think they are from the 
     same family so it may have the same succeptability.
     
     I planted tall campanulas near them to cover up the bare bits.
     
     Karen in Cheshire

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