Hi everyone Thanks for all your information Now I have one more. I want to move my hollyhock can I move it now for next spring.I cut it down about a month ago but it grew back up now to about 12inches. I got an email saying I wasnt putting my questionsin the right spot is this the place to do it.I really thought it was. Thank you so much
I've always lived by the motto that "The right time to move plants is when I have time to do it." Probably very incorrect, but there you go. Our hollyhocks are blooming now so I intend to wait until spring before moving them. If yours are done blooming, I'd move them now. The rule of thumb says that spring bloomers should be moved in autumn and autumn bloomers should be moved in spring. Good luck!
I have moved them in the fall and in the spring both and they both took. I don't know if there is a formal preference, but mine would be the spring.
Did you cut off the spent bloom or the foliage? If your Hollyhock bloomed this year, it will not bloom next year. Hollyhocks are biennials which means it has a 2 year life cycle. It will grow foliage the first year and bloom the second year. Once it has bloomed it will die. Also, Hollyhock's have tap roots and kind of resent transplanting, so the earlier you can move it the better.
I haven't had much luck transplanting adult plants. That tap root is VERY long!! I have had success with seedlings though I dig them as soon as I find them and keep them damp until they have recovered. I don't think you can have too many hocks Deanna :-D
Plants that bloom reseed and then die. I move the small plants in the fall and they will grow and bloom in the spring. Mine are usually done blooming by fall. They start reseeding and growing new plants anytime after the seed pods dry and split open. Sometimes before they completely stop blooming. dooley
Hi Everyone thank you for all your answers. I think im going to try and plant it this month and I do hope for the best.It was so beautiful this year it was so dark purplish red it almost looked black.except when the sun hit it, I have never seen that color before but I LOVED it.It was almost 6 ft. tall but it was right beside my deck way to close. Thank you Margie
One final word Margie....give it lots and lots of water (if it doesn't rain). Make sure it is watered well for at least a couple of weeks after planting. I use rain water or city water after letting it stand for a day or two to be sure that all the chlorine is out. It seems to me that the roots resent chlorinated water when being transplanted.
What is the best way to gather seeds from Hollyhocks in order to plant them the next spring? My grandmother used to do this but I cannot remember the procedure that she used. Thanks
After the blossom dies, dries and falls off the little seed pod that it sits on will dry out and open up, kind of like a little packet You'll be able to tell when the seeds are dry because they will start falling out on their own. I've said this before and I'll say it again, "BE CAREFUL!!" seed collecting is contagious and addictive Deanna :-D
