Our Hollyhocks start to flower in early June, but by the end of August there really are only a few straggler flowers left on the plant. Due to the copious amount of seeds on each hollyhock stem, and not wishing to be completely over taken by the plants next year, today I cut off the last of the stems. Simple process. Cut them off right at the base of the stem and try to ensure seeds don't scatter everywhere!
They really are my favourite Summer flower though. Mainly due to their rather odd growth. Some in our garden were well over two meters tall this year. Maybe even close to three meters. A shame when they are done, but they really do give a good almost full two month display so one mustn't complain ;-). A few pictures of this year's hollyhock life cycle below.
In May it was clear that they were coming back with a vengeance!
Early June saw the first buds start to flower
By The End of June the flowers were progressing nicely up the stems putting on a fine display.
By the end of August, one of the very last flowers to appear
Looking forward to their return at the end of next Spring! Fingers crossed ;-)
Cheers
m
No comments:
Post a Comment