In article , Glen Able
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"Glen Able" wrote in message
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Hi all,

Anyone know of any hollyhocks seed varieties that I can sow this spring
which'll flower this year? Preferably not the frilly double types, which
annoy me

thanks


Cheers all for the help. Dunno why hollyhocks aren't very popular. Don't
recall ever seeing plants for sale at garden centres.

They're truly biennial, aren't they? Flower second year and die. So all
the disadvantages - you grow them for a year and sell them in year 2 but
they're going to die so you can't make a profit. Whereas annuals you
still make a profit because you sow them and only have to grow them a
few weeks before selling them.

But hollyhocks are easy from seed and the seed is very easy to come by.
Don't most people who grow them grow them from seed?



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