holly hock rebloom?

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playsndirt city?? lol sticks, AR(Zone 7a) Jul 11, 2003

last year at a yard sale in the early fall a little old lady had hollyhocks blooming---I asked how she did it and she said she cuts hers down every year and they start over--has anyone done this too? cheryl

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Lenjo Mount Angel, OR(Zone 8a) Jul 13, 2003

I have had the same experience.

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eyesoftexas Toadsuck, TX(Zone 7a) Jul 13, 2003

Would this work very well in an area with more heat?

"eyes"

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Kell San Leandro, CA(Zone 9b) Jul 13, 2003

now that you mention it a lady down the street has them growing in the same spot for years and they are huge and she never does anything to her yard so I bet she does not dig new ones in.

great to know.

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Lenjo Mount Angel, OR(Zone 8a) Jul 14, 2003

Eyes, I wonder if you could keep them pretty wet if they wouldn't come again. Delphiniums do the same things except they are a more true perenniel whereas I believe hollyhocks are technically a bienniel.

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playsndirt city?? lol sticks, AR(Zone 7a) Jul 16, 2003

mine come back for years now------I cut them down in the fall, but this lady cut hers back after they bloomed and they got excited and bloomed that fall?

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lupinelover Grove City, OH(Zone 6a) Jul 17, 2003

I cut mine down when they fall over; I continually have new flower stalks growing from June through November. I grow the fig-leaf type, so that might be part of the difference. That type seems to be very resistant to rust: I have only had it one year.

I leave the stalks after September, though; I found out that ice or snow falling down the cut stalks is what kills mine. Some are 5 or 6 years old.

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