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Posted by David on June 29, 2009, 6:21 pm, in reply to "Are these your hollyhocks, D&E?"
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Yep, but I bought these from a hothouse! They were only half the size, but nevertheless had a good start. I planted them about a month ago and was promised they would be of the single flower type. It seems double hollyhocks are in vogue these days, but not good for bees (they have hard trouble getting into the flower). The flowers have been out about 4 days and not a single bee have I seen in the yard. A bummer. Usually, we have honeybees and bumblebees. I think all the insecticide people put on their lawns have killed off a lot of the bees. I did see a dead one. Sighing with you!
Back to the hollyhocks, I did plant some hollyhock seeds inside to get a jump start on summer and got about 10 plants out of the seeds I bought. They are about 6 inches to 2 foot tall presently. No flowers, yet. It will take at least a month before I see any, I think. Have fingers crossed.
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