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RE: questions regarding hollyhocks and phlox

I can't answer the hollyhock question -- my hollyhock (singular) did
just fine, and we didn't pay much attention to it.

But I have another hollyhock question.  I collected seed, and planted
them a couple months ago in trays.  The seeds sprouted, but the
seedlings are still tiny.  Should I plant them in the ground now, and
pray, or should I baby them over the winter?  If I do the latter, I
assumed they won't bloom next year -- but I'm not sure there is any
basis for that assumption.  I thought hollyhocks were supposed to
self-seed happily, but mine does not appear to have done so.  I'm in
north zone 7 (Bethesda, Maryland).

Thanks for your help.
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From: bhayes@zelacom.com
To: perennials@mallorn.com
Subject: questions regarding hollyhocks and phlox
Date: Thursday, October 02, 1997 10:02AM

Greetings:  Last year I planted hollyhocks, and they just produced the
green
plants; this summer most of them did the same thing, no blooms, just
green
leaves; they were in sunny spots;

same with a phlox that I had transplanted:  it grew very nicely but
never
bloomed; it was in a very sunny spot;

should I leave them where they are and hope to see flowers next year?

Isabelle Hayes, zone 5, NYS


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