A Ten Foot Tall Hollyhock

A ten foot tall hollyhock graces our back garden this Summer. It's massive. Wyllie O Hagan picked the seeds in Copenhagen where we exhibited our art at a conference there.

In the garden are two ten feet tall dogs and two ten foot tall great pals - well - that's how they measure up with me.

The rose at the beginning of the short vid is called "Jude the Obscure".

Isn't that just a splendid name for a splendid rose?

Jude sits beside roses - William Morris and John Keats.

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[NewYorkGardener]

I have not grown a holly hock for a few years now,no specific reason. I hope I remember to try a few hollyhocks next spring, there's always room for more !

What is the dark purple flower at 00:50 seconds?

[wyllieohagan]

Hello Noo Yook Gardener - right the dark purple flowers are cornflowers - I think so anyway They were grown from seed in a builders bucket, and are the most wonderful colour, there's a bucket of blues beside them. Just to check I will ask the oracle aka Wyllie - she's the plantswoman.

All the best

[yellowbootsandsnowsh]

Did your hollyhock have huge base leaves the first year?

[Mrsangde]

Wow, 10' tall, but my hollyhock is 14' tall & still not dried out.I planted it last Oct. & it never died in the winter. Rochester, NY

[NewYorkGardener]

Yes, I think cornflowers. I have a beautiful painting that has blue cornflowers, and now I think the purple ones might be cornflowers also.