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Hollyhocks dying? Any advice
beccahorne
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Hello all,
I need some advice with regards to my new hollyhocks. I bought them at the RHS flower show in Tatton, and they looked lovely and healthy.
I planted them in the borders of my garden and over the last few days they've started to look poorly, the flowers are drooping and the leaves are going yellow.
Ive tested the soil and it comes up with a PH between 7.5-8 which seems to be ok for these plants.
I have read they can suffer from transplant shock, could this be the case?
Should i uproot them and move them or can i treat them in any way? Any advice would be greatly appreciated! 
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It's always hard to plant in perennials in full flower, and I think this is the case for you. At this time of year, any newly planted perennial will have something similar. It all seems fine, carry on with watering, and make sure you have planted it in well, meaning contact with soil all the way round. With that kind of height, there will be rocking too. Looking at the size of them, they will be probably dying down anyway. You probably brought it at its peak.
Leave them until the seeds heads go dark brown then you can sow some more.
Thank you all for the advice, the smaller one seems to have rallied but I think the taller two have peaked for the year as you said Borderline.
I am going to collect some of the seeds and sow in some different spots in the garden to see which areas suit them the best.