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Anyone ever grown dwarf delphiniums and hollyhocks
I grew from seed this year dwarf delphniums (magic fountain) and dwarf hollyhock (queeny) they seem to be doing well and was wondering will they flower this year and will they survive the winter as there is mixed reviews on if they will survive or not. Anyone had any experience of them they are both supposedly perienial and flower in first year.
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My climate is somewhat different, but I´ve grown Magic Fountains and Majorette.
The first one succumbed to untimely heat where I live (last year was terrible for
me), but they grew quickly and bloomed in 5 months.
Now Majorette had a hard time with imagine what- mallow rust, but took one whole
year to bloom (just like any other hollyhock). Maybe I was wrong in sowing the
latter in mid-spring; perhaps end of summer would be more suitable. Anyway, there
you are.
They look good I have been growing them since january they are both about a foot high and a foot wide so i am hoping they bloom. How high was the follage when they bloom as i am unsure how big they will get.
Have done dwarf delphiniums, they are lovely - too windy here to grow the tall ones - haven't yet tried the hollyhocks, maybe next year - we will see.
I grew the delphiniums in pots, so they didn´t grow much (about one and a half foot,
without the blooms).
The hollyhocks started blooming when they were over 2 feet high.
Well i have been feeding them and lots of tlc so hopefully i may see some blooms in august from the january sown ones,
Unfortunately mine are in the ground so cant pot them on or overwinter them. Do you think they will survive?
Thanks for the replys