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Alcea rosea nigra & Gaura

Dawn:

Your Black Hollyhocks will come 99% true from seed (only because I 
have a hard time with absolutes).... We have grown Alcea rosea nigra 
in close proximity to Alcea rugosa (the yellow fig-leaved species) and 
also ordinary single hollyhocks in a wide variety of colour. The 
"nigra" has always maintained its colour integrity. 


Gaura lindheimeri: Ours here in Zone 4 are still blooming gloriously 
(as they have of course since July)...A wonderful, underutilized 
native species...
If you observe each stem very carefully, you will see a series of 
seeds lining the stems and branching stems. Some will be green, some 
beige and some brownish...Take the beige to brownish ones only and 
keep collecting the green ones as they turn colour. They will continue 
to ripen...Gaura is an easy, warm germinator. You can either sow 
indoors over winter, or allow them to self-sow where they are, which 
they do rather efficiently.

Kristl
Gardens North Seed
N. Gower, Ontario, Z4 Canada
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