June 30, 2010
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Welcome to HOLLYHOCK HAVEN©...a special section of Wuv'n Acres

Come see all the fabulous colors these stately giants come in!
There is nothing as attractive as a giant stalk covered in colorful blooms to brighten up those drab summer days!


March 2003 and May 2004...what a difference! A winter storm in January 2010

What a wonderful transformation!
Just a pile of dirt back in early spring 2003, this photo was taken two months later.
Plants were moved from other areas of the garden and additional seeds were planted.

Our seeds, your color choice, available for only $2.50 per pack of approximately 50 seeds.
Seed count is usually 50+ unless specified next to a particular item.
Do you have any idea how much room you'll need for fifty of these gorgeous beauties?
That's right, you can share the seeds with friends!

A FEW OF OUR BLOOMS A FEW MORE OF OUR BLOOMS EVEN MORE HOLLYHOCK BLOOMS GET READY, MORE ON THE WAY! OMIGAWSH, EVEN MORE? BEAUTIFUL, BEAUTIFUL, BEAUTIFUL!



All of our seeds are freshly harvested to sell from our own plants every year. We don't purchase bulk seed for resale, so when they're gone, they're gone. Each package contains 50 seeds. Fifty hollyhock plants is quite a bit, so perhaps you could share with friends? At the beginning of each new spring season, any leftover seeds are dumped into a giant Hollyhock bed, where we await even more blooms!


EACH SEED PACKAGE CONTAINS APPROX. 50 SEEDS - $2.50 per package

Shipping 1 to 100 packages of seeds...still only $3.00 shipping cost for your entire seed order.
Please do not order based on pictures, only seeds listed with an order button are available.


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HOLLYHOCKS & MALLOWS...SEEDS
DIVERSITY / POLLINATION / PLEASE NOTE!

Hollyhocks are pollinated by many little critters. Bumblebees jump bloom to bloom to bloom
carrying pollen from each flower they have visited, on to another. This is why you may plant seeds
from a pink hollyhock only to end up with a different color. We provide seeds with information about
the parent plant, but we have no way to determine what the end result will be. Surprises are fun!

WEEVILS / INSECTS / PLEASE NOTE!

As a host home to an endless family of frogs and toads, we pride ourselves on being as green as we can.
You may therefore find a few Hollyhock weevils in your seeds. Sure, we could spray chemicals all over, but we're not going to do that.
While we do look over the seeds before packaging, it is possible we missed one, or even several. Simply spread the package of seeds
out, squish them and be done with it. We always toss in extra seeds just in case they've had lunch. They won't kill you, and they don't bite.


HOLLYHOCK FUCHSIA Approx. 50+ seeds - $2.50. A very bright, intense fuchsia color. Very vivid in the sunshine! This particular plant grew a little over six feet tall.


ORCHARD BLENDTM 2.50 per package of 50+ seeds.
You're bound to get many shades in this great mix!

HOLLYHOCK PINK FIG LEAF Approx. 50+ seeds - $2.50. The figleaf Hollyhocks are my favorites, because they are unique, as well as much more rust and bug resistant. Not a giant plant, but a good sized one with pretty soft pink blooms. blooms, and is it a doozy!
BUTTERCREAM Approx. 50+ seeds - $2.50.

GREAT GRAPE Approx. 50+ seeds - $2.50.

FIG BLEND Approx. 50+ seeds - $2.50.

BIG PIGGIE Approx. 50+ seeds - $2.50.

THINK PINK Approx. 50+ seeds - $2.50.

SUNSHINE Approx. 50+ seeds - $2.50.










Below are images for viewing only, please do not order by picture.

AUNT BROWNIE FIG ONE OF OUR PRISS COLLECTION PRISS ONE OF OUR PRISS COLLECTION ONE OF OUR PRISS COLLECTION ONE OF OUR PRISS COLLECTION ZEBRINA PEACHY KEEN MORE PEACHY KEEN NEW YORK SCALLOP, RUFFLED EDGES AFTER MIDNIGHT LIPSTICK BLACK CHERRY FIG PINK FLAMINGO PRETTY IN PUNCH - RED PRETTY IN PUNCH - PINK PRETTY IN PUNCH - PINK BLUSHING JUANITA FIG OLD FASHIONED PINK LEMONADE DIVINE WINE ORCHARD BLEND RASPBERRY ICE

'Hollyhocks are such dear, friendly flowers; Whene'er I see them, smiling in a row, Lending their color to some drab old fence, or brightening quiet gardens where they grow, I think of folks whose natures, warm and sweet, Shed happiness and light about them too, and grace the paths of life wherein they bloom,- such comforting, heart-warming friends as you.'- Maurine Hathaway.
Hollyhocks...The first year they sleep, second year they creep, third year they leap!



You can order instantly, online, and pay for it with your Paypal account!
Scroll up, make your seed selections
and then click on the button below each Hollyhock you desire.




When you are all done 'shopping', just click the button and you will find your total with shipping charges already added.
Click according to onscreen directions (checkout) and wa-la! So easy!




Art by Hamilton

Be sure to visit any of the following for help with your hocks:

  • Fertilizing

  • When to plant

  • Which variety is which?

  • Cross pollination issues

  • Cleaning up after your Hocks

  • Our available colors in seed form

  • Diseases and pests of the Hollyhock

  • Harvesting seeds / cutting back stalks

  • Did you know? Fun trivia about hollyhocks

  • Full sun / part sun / location for your hollyhocks

  • Moving your plants from one location to another







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    As of summer 2003, I could not even begin to count the number of hocks we have planted on our property. It's become a family joke about the hollyhocks around here! In our front yard alone we have over 100 Hollyhock plants of varied ages. Just outside the yard fencing is another 100+ plants, as well as a 25 foot wide circle bed with dozens of established hocks planted in 2002, plenty of plants to be sold on our site and also on our Ebay auctions. By tons, I mean I literally broadcasted a half gallon jar of hock seeds around a 21 foot circle. Hubby was half asleep when I asked if I could plant hollyhock in the middle of the yard. He would later discover that I meant a giant field. *grin*

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    Here is a hollyhock ring started March 16, 2003.
    Move your mouse over the image to see text, click on image for larger view:


    1. Pick a spot, get tools ready! 2. Spray paint circle. 3. Dig outer section of ring with shovel, pretending to helplessly hand dig until husband approaches with machine tiller and does it for you. 4. Much better, much easier. Ring is now tilled. 6. Dig trench around ring, hide soaker hose 7. Bury soaker hose in trench while hubby's nephew plays nearby. 8. Transplant hocks from last summer, plant new seeds, water well, wait. 9.Transplant wild rose bushes from back woods, put band-aids on all the scratches incurred while doing so. 10. Transplant more hocks from last year to get a head start.




    Taken literally just a couple days apart! Look at the green!






    First photo taken Mother's Day, May 11, 2003
    Photo #2 taken in July, 2003. Sorry it's so blurry!
    Photo #3 taken May 2004

    April 10, 2004. I purchased several panels of white plastic lattice. If you bat your eyelashes and wink at the woodcutting attendant, he'll cut these in half for you! Okay, so you don't have to go that far, just push the assistance button, they'll be happy to help. I then used white cable ties to attach each of the lattice panels to one another, then secured them to the steel tubing supports around the Hollyhock ring. Very nice! A new picture is coming soon. In the next few weeks I'll be adding quite a few Baby's Breath plants in pink between the Hollyhocks. Wow, won't that be gorgeous when it is all in full bloom? I've also hauled in large rocks to go around the ring, leaving about a foot of space between the rocks and the plants to enable my Craftsman tiller to fit. This helps quite a bit and keeps the weeds out. In the fall, I'll just dump chicken poop in the trough and perhaps add a bit of peat. Another update, I hauled five wheelbarrows of chicken droppings to the ring the first weekend in April. The hocks will be jumping out of the ground soon!


    My gosh, the ring looks BEAUTIFUL! Filled in, lush and green with a rainbow of blooms!
    Does it get any better than this??


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    Move your mouse cursor over any image to see the name of the artist and title of the work.


    Girl With Hollyhocks...Hamilton Hummingbirds & Hollyhocks I...Rose Cravens Hollyhocks...Victor Dumont Hollyhock Manor...Dubravko Raos Hollyhocks...Linn Done Hollyhocks Ii...Peggy Sibley Hollyhocks...Unknown artist Hollyhocks...William Hook


    Hollyhocks & Ducks...Anonymous Hollyhock Path...Dian Haist Hollyhocks in Midsummer...Katharina Schottler Birdhouse & Hollyhocks...H. Hunter Gathering Hollyhocks...Anne Marie Oborn Hollyhocks in Taos...Ross Myers Hollyhock Garden...Sharon Engel Hollyhocks...Joseph Schuller Hollyhocks in a Basket...Albert Williams


    All of the art above and more can be purchased in poster form by clicking here

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    Below are various leaf types of hollyhocks:





    Freshly plucked Hock blooms floating on water surface.
    If you're having a garden party, get together or other event, or even just to please yourself, a handful of freshly plucked hollyhocks floating in the pond looks fantastic! Just pick a few fresh flowers, pat them into the water just enough to wet the undersides of the petals and they will float around your pond all night long! Great if your pond plants either haven't yet, don't, or quit flowering for the season. Add a few to your floating candles in a glass dish. Wow!




    Above you will see a hollyhock seedling.

    As for the plants, you could even start some indoors during the winter, and if you get them out early enough, they will surprise you with early blooms and then more and more all summer long! Singles, doubles, colored centers and more are just a few of the bountiful surprises you will find the garden when growing hollyhocks.

    We have many large gardens, which of course are open pollinated, so at times colors may be more intense or lighter than their parents. Seeds are harvested each summer and the remaining seeds from the previous year are spread into larger gardens here at our home in the country.



    And now, just a few good sites about hollyhocks:
     RUST DISEASE  MORE RUST  ABOUT HOCKS   MORE ABOUT HOCKS   HOCK ART

     EVEN MORE ON RUST    HOLLYHOCK BOTANICALS   QUILTING WITH HOLLYHOCKS   LINK  LINK  LINK



    If you have any other questions about your hocks, please do not hesitate to drop an email my way, and I'll sure try to help!


    Sincerely yours,
    Karen
    Wuv'n Acres
    Northeastern Oklahoma


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