Growing Hollyhocks - From Seed to Flower - SingleSeedChallenge2022 Recap!
Vložit
- čas přidán 2. 01. 2023
- Today, I’m going way back and doing a recap of my #singleseedchallenge2022 (Spoiler - It was a major success!).
I chose a hollyhock for my challenge - a flower that I had not only never grown from seed before, but I had never even had one in my garden so it was an all around hollyhock new-to-me experience. I had SO much fun!
A huge thank you to Scott Head at Black Gumbo Southern Gardening - / @scotthead - for starting this challenge a few years ago and keeping it going….I’m not sure I would have had the courage to get that 1st video out had it not been for his words of encouragement.
Seed source for Champagne Majorette Hollyhock:
Baker Creek Seeds - www.rareseeds.com/
Happy gardening!
------
Where do I garden?? In Southern Ontario, zone 5b! And because zones don’t always tell the full story, my last frost date is May 10th & first frost date is Oct. 3rd.
------
Support my Channel - Thank You!
Gift Me a Coffee - buymeacoffee.com/thegardeningme
Affiliate Links: If you click through on one of the affiliate links below and make a purchase of, well, anything really. I will receive a tiny commission - at NO cost to you.
Amazon - amzn.to/4bwZ1z9
Drip Irrigation Supplies (US): aff.dripdepot.com/aff/idevaff...
-------
My Favourite Seed Sources:
Baker Creek Seeds - www.rareseeds.com/
William Dam Seeds - www.damseeds.com/
Botanical Interest Seeds: www.botanicalinterests.com/
Swallowtail Seeds - www.swallowtailgardenseeds.com/
Fedco Seeds - www.fedcoseeds.com/
Fruition Seeds - www.fruitionseeds.com/
Stokes Seeds - www.stokeseeds.com/ca/
Renee’s Garden - www.reneesgarden.com/
Pinetree Seeds - www.superseeds.com/
-------
My Blog: www.thegardeningme.com/
Instagram: / thegardeningme - Jak na to + styl
I searched the internet for the information that you have given me here! Great video and thank you. It is concise and precise information shared with such a natural approach. I really enjoy garden videos where the person delivering the information are natural, like yourself. 😃🌺😄🌷
Thank you so much!
We live in upper midwest USA zone 4. I grew a very delicate purple hollyhock plant in 2021. It was sooo hot that year and I thought it died in my dry sandy soil. Early spring 2022 my husband was leaf blowing all the beds and seeds blew into my veg garden. well they took off without any care, bloomed profusely and grew well into early November. Our last frost date is 9/15 so I was super happy with these plants. Some flopped over, some were erect and it was such a beautiful spectacle that I planted more of the seeds all over my yard and will add other hollyhocks of different heights in 2023. I have some I pinched from seeds from a massive hollyhock in Santa Fe NM while vacationing, I have some I seeds from my moms garden and some seeds I bought so I am going to start a whole lot of hollyhocks from seed. This is a great guide! Thank you. Your hollyhock is a beauty.
Wow - that's an amazing story - thank you for sharing it!! I'm hoping that I get a few self-seeded ones this spring but after hearing your story, I'll be making a note to try sowing them directly in the garden in the fall & see if they come up the following year. I have a feeling you will be in hollyhock heaven this year with all of the seeds you've gathered!
Well Florida has arguably some of the most sandy soil in the country and I've just invested a lot of money so I guess disappointments are on the way. BUMMER
Great job beautiful lady with a green thumb!!!
Great vid! Turns out Im going to be growing those same ones for first time, Im excited! So pretty!
Hurray! They are gorgeous - you'll love them!
Very helpful! Beautiful hollyhocks! Your Bells of Ireland are lovely too. I am trying them out this year.
Thank you Meagan! Best of luck with yours 😊
So cool. The hollyhock is my plant for this year. I’m so excited now to get started and watch them bloom. Thanks for the video.
That's awesome - I'm sure you will love them!
That is one plant we have never tried. My Grandmother grew them all the time. I research the same way you do. I take notes too lol! Happy New Year to you too! Enjoyed, take care!
Thank you, Michael! It was so much easier than I would have thought to grow - you should give it a try!! Happy New Year!
This is a perfect explanation and video. Wonderful job
Thank you!
Great video! Thank you.
I'm glad you enjoyed it! 😊
Thank you...I love hollyhocks. The new ones flower first year!
They are pretty awesome, aren't they? Trying out a few other varieties this year - can't wait! 🥰
Thank you for this video it’s exactly what I was searching CZcams for. Very thorough and educational. I’m glad I found you.
Thank you Mckenzie! So glad that you found it useful 😊
Dido!
Excellent video! You've let nothing out except how often to water. I have subscribed to you as well. Thk u so much!!!
Thank you! In terms of watering, hollyhocks are pretty much middle of the road - not too wet, not too dry 😊
You’ve inspired me. I have those seeds. Time to try these out ❤
Hurray! I'm sure you'll love them😊
I’m growing hollyhock for the first time this year too! I found a beautiful double apricot, I can’t wait to see the gorgeous blooms it gives 🌸
That's awesome! I'm sure you will love it!
Lovely hollyhocks!
Thank you!
Great approach to the experiment. They seem to be pretty tough towards changes and beautiful at the same time. Thanks.
Thanks 😊
I found your video because as a long time gardener I've never grown hollyhock. Funny I have the same Baker Creek seed. Plus many more. Ive been collecting hollyhock seed and finally feel like I have the energy to make this plant grow this year. ❤thanks for the video
Thank you! I know what you mean - I'm a bit of a seed fiend myself and usually have packets that I've enthusiastically purchased, but then didn't end up sowing. Best of luck with your hollyhock adventure this year!
Trying my first time for French Holy Hocks. Very excited.
You'll love them!
Awesome video journal of your hollyhock!! I bought baby plants of some deep dark purple dwarfs just to try my hand at growing them… 1 last time before completely giving up on them. I had so many failures with any variety over the years it was just sad! But they bloomed like crazy just as yours did and I am in the same zone. This will be my first year to grow them from seeds, that I gathered from my 2023 plants. Now I’m so excited!! Thank you so much for documenting and sharing what worked for you!!
I completely know the thrill of finally succeeding after a bunch of attempts - it's so exciting!! Best of luck this year - I have no doubt you will have masses of blooms!
Growing it for the first time this year too! Yay 😁
That's awesome! ❤
Very interesting. Will try my black seeds .
That's awesome!
Beautiful! I'm in zone 6a and had one plant last year that grew 4 ft tall .I saved tons of seeds which I have sprouted for this year's garden.
That's awesome! I'll be doing the same 😊
Excellent video! Thank you from Zone 6a in Wisconsin.
Thank you! I'm glad you enjoyed it 😊
Awesome video!!! Funny I was just thinking about hollyhocks today and then bam your video popped up. Can the algorithm read our minds? Hahaha
Thanks Liz! Yes, I sometimes feel that way about CZcams too....and Google - type in one word and it practically reads your mind 🙃
I brought back heritage seeds from Thomas Jefferson's Monticello (Alcea rosea), and have never had to seed any more plants since then, as they come back every year from seeds dropped from the mother plants. Yours is a double-flower, so may be hybridized. Will be interesting to see what happens next spring! Great video...😊
Thanks so much John! I've always wanted to visit Monticello...what an amazing souvenir! The thought that it may be a hybrid did cross my mind, but I purchased it from Baker Creek and thought all of their seeds were either heirlooms or open-pollinated? I guess we'll see!
I'm so happy to have found you. I'm in southern Quebec, in a 5b zone that can stretch to a 6 in my back garden. I'm growing hollyhocks for the first time, albeit a bit of a late start, but no matter... on we sow lol
Your explanations were easy, straightforward and very encouraging. Thank you so much 🌸
Thank you so much Lea! I love meeting fellow Canadian gardeners. Here's to a great season of beautiful hollyhocks in our gardens! 😊
@@TheGardeningMe Be assured that if I'm successful in not killing the seedlings etc, I will raise a glass to you and your channel! 🤞😊
What a great video! From New York Zone 6a many thanks!
So glad you enjoyed it!
I just planted two hollyhocks out from winter sowing. I’ve never planted them before however mine are small and seem stunted. I hope they eventually take off as they are gorgeous! I planted a salmon variety and can’t wait to see them bloom!
It did take mine a while to settle in last year so I'm sure yours will be glorious before long!
Hollyhocks are biennials, and they typically don’t bloom their first season. Totally normal. Now if you want to have seedlings bloom their first year, store their seeds in an airtight container in the refrigerator for at least 30 day before sowing. Or, if you plant the seeds in the fall (so they’ll cold stratify) there’s also a good chance they’ll bloom in the summer!
Thank you for your videos. We've just bought several colors, and were wondering how the best way to care for these.
Thank YOU for the lovely comment - I'm glad the video was helpful!
Beautiful Hollyhock. I don’t soak mine and I sow them in late summer for next year flowering. My hollyhocks reached 10 feet tall and took 5 years before it died.
Wow - 5 years! Fingers crossed mine last that long 🤞. I'll likely try a summer sowing in future - love to experiment!
sow straight into ground? and next spring it comes up? still 1/4" down into dirt? how does it not bloom in late summer?? I just bought my seeds and had no idea they don't possibly bloom fisrt year LOL
@@TheGardeningMe good luck, I love hollyhocks and I’ve a lot against last summer.
@@easylife50 no I sow them in the seed trays and transplant them in bigger pots and leave them outside in winter ready for the next year.. my experience is they will bloom if you sow them last summer because they have time to grow up to autumn and winter.
@easylife50 I plant them in fall in the south, from transplants started insude late summer.They are a biennial, so they bloom the second season.
Here, they think they went thru 2 seasons...warm fall, cold winter, warm spring. They "think" they're that old because of long temperature fluctuations.
I'm not sure if they'd overwinter in other areas. Of they're big enough, the roots underground can take zero degres, they did here.
I tried growing these double majorettes last year but wasn't tending to them very well. i think the rabbits got all the seedlings. This year i'll follow your advice and try some rabbit deterrents! thanks for this video!
Hi David - those rabbits can really do a number on our plants, can't they. Good luck this year!
I have never grown them before either.
I have invested in the actual long stringy bulb/root and seed in different areas of my yard. I am in zone 9A in Northeast Florida so I guess we'll find out......
Such a beautiful flower, I'm really hopeful but at the same time realistically skeptical.
Yes! Definitely give it a go. I can't tell you how many times I've tried something that was a bit iffy and it ended up working out. Best of luck!
@@TheGardeningMe thank you again. Happy gardening
I'm doing this in the uk
First year growing hollyhocks foe me. 2 year old package and I had 100% germination putting them in a quarter inch. I'm about to up pot them
Hurray for 100% germination! I'm sure you'll love them this summer and will be hooked!
Hello, I live in Conroe Texas, I just got some mixed seeds and I am excited about planting them soon. I will start planting some seeds at the end of October. When it gets too cold I will bring them indoors. Hope I am not starting too early?
I'm not sure about timing in Texas as most varieties of hollyhock are biennial so they don't bloom until the 2nd year. Around here, they go through a pretty cold winter, and then bloom the following year (but some varieties, like the one in the video is a 1st year bloomer). I have read that some people in your climate sow them now and they bloom in the spring so I would be optimistic about your current sowing - it's always worth experimenting. Good luck!
When you do get your seeds will you do a seed haul?🙂🌱
Hi Andre - I purchase my seeds from a few different sources including Baker Creek Heirloom Seeds, Botanical Interests, William Dam Seeds, etc. - And yes...I will be doing some seed haul videos when my orders arrive. Thanks for watching! ☺
Aloha dudes
I’m in Ottawa and I’m wondering how you got the seeds? On the website it seems to only ship to the US.
Thank you so much for the tips! I’m so excited to give it a try!
Hi! They do ship to Canada (seeds only - no bulbs or plants) & the shipping fee is a flat rate of $8. See this page for their international/Canada shipping info: www.rareseeds.com/ordering-info - They do mention that duties, etc., are the buyer's responsibility but I've never had to pay duties on seeds mailed from the states. Hope this helps!
I grew that dwarf variety for the first time in 2023, it bloomed, I didnt cut the foliage back and its huge in 2024, Im waiting to see if it will bloom again
It's amazing, isn't it? Mine did bloom the 2nd year and from the sounds of it, looks like yours will too! 💮
I live in the south of England and grew some beautiful crimson hollyhocks from seed, I potted them on, then planted them out in the garden,like you I found that they took a while to establish themselves but when they did they really took off and gave some beautiful blooms.
Thank you for letting me know your experience! So many things can affect how a plant grows - if things don't seem 'right' when growing something for the 1st time, it's often hard to know if there's an actual problem or if that's just how the particular plant grows.
Do you container grow them? I’m unsure which direction of sun and how much?
I grew them in a raised bed and they pretty much had full sun, which is what they prefer. So this means that you would need to give them a minimum of 6-8 hours of sun per day. Hope that helps!
Hi! Curious what happened the next year. Did they rebloom in 2023? Thanks so much. I'm growing flowers for a wedding this year and deciding if this is a good candidate.
They DID rebloom in 2023 - I was pretty surprised!
I’m curious what happened the 2nd year.
It bloomed again!
What kind of grow light do you use?
I have a couple of different setups but my favourites at this point are 4' LED shop lights - I have two types and they both seem to work really well: Barrina T5 LEDs (2200lm, 6500K) where I use 4 per shelf and LZHOME Linkable LED s (4500LM, 5000K) where I use 2 per shelf. Hope this helps!
Hola me encanto el color donde lo compro .esta hermosa.
Gracias!
I have these growing now, but they do not seem to be producing seed, they do grow taller than 3 ft... mine are compact, high desert zone 7B, bloom august/september and I don't fertilize them, and theyre more bushy than tall...lots of flowers
This year, mine are growing taller than last season but we've had a lot of rain compared to last year, so I'm wondering if that has made the difference. Someone else mentioned theirs didn't produce seed and so I went to look on mine and it does seem that seeds are produced on some flowers but not others - I would inspect other blooms on your plant and I bet you'll find at least a few spent flowers that were fertilized.
You had bloom the 1rst year ??? I thought they were supposed to bloom the year after ??
Yes! There are a few hollyhock varieties the bloom the 1st year, including this one....and then it bloomed the 2nd year as well!
@@TheGardeningMe oh my !! I didn't know, amazing :D
It would be amazing if it is perennial.
It definitely would! I've my fingers crossed that it will come back this year 🤞
Is this variety edible?
Hollyhocks in general are considered edible but I'm not sure if there are particular varieties that are not. I would reach out to Baker Creek as they most likely will know.
@@TheGardeningMe thanks so much.
I wish Wisconsin would legalize Marijuana because that is the 'single' seed I want to grow!
Lol!
Mine grew beautifully here in zone5/6 Beautiful dark burgundy
That's awesome!
Great video, I subscribed! and now you're at 500 subscribers! 🎉🎉 BTW I also have a small gardening channel 🌱🌱
Thank you - it's a journey, isn't it? I'll be sure to visit ☺