Re: Hollyhocks
- To: perennials@mallorn.com
- Subject: Re: Hollyhocks
- From: B* C*
- Date: Wed, 31 May 2000 00:27:07 EDT
Don, I don't know whether it deserves seperate species status either-but
then again I had read that nobody knows what the origin of our common
hollyhocks is anyway because they can't find a wild form of them growing
anywhere. Certainly the blacks have been around since the 1500's anyway.
I love mine. They seem to be totally pest free here, not a chewed leaf or an
aphid that I could see. Couldn't say the same for the Peaches & Dreams
variety that I put in the same time-and what a boring colour in the garden.
Maybe would look all right if you planted it against a very dark background
(possibly with lots of special lighting the way they made it look attractive
on the T&M cover). I was quite happy to see that Alcea nigra was back in
quantity this year but no sign of Peaches & Dreams.
Bob Campbell
>From: Don Martinson <llmen@execpc.com>
>Reply-To: perennials@mallorn.com
>To: perennials@mallorn.com
>Subject: Re: Hollyhocks
>Date: Tue, 30 May 2000 08:53:25 -0600
>
>>A couple of years ago, someone (from this list ?) offered free seeds to a
>>dark burgundy hollyhock. It was named 'Blackberry Swirl', I think.
>>It bloomed last year for the first time - very dark.
>
>The photo of 'Blackberry Swirl' that I saw was dark burgundy, but had
>a white picotee edge. Did yours look like this?
>
>Concerning the "black" hollyhock, I have seen this variously
>described as the Watchman Strain or simply Alcea nigra (although I
>doubt that it deserves separate species status). I grew it several
>years ago and the weevils loved it!
>
>
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