Hollyhock Summer Carnival Mixed
Hollyhock Summer Carnival Mixed. A hardy cottage garden favourite, providing tall stems of double flowers in shades of pink, scarlet, yellow, and white all summer. The fluffy, 4 inch flowers grow on 3-5 ft. stalks. Ideal for the back of borders, walls, or fences. Makes a great cut flower. Easy to grow. Hardy Perennial.
Cultivation Advice Hollyhock Summer Carnival Mixed
- Days To Germination: 14-21.
- Optimum Soil Temp. For Germination: 65F.
- Planting Depth: 1/16 inch.
- Spacing, Seed: 2-3 inch.
- Spacing, Plant: 18 to 24 inches.
- Plant Height: 3-5 Feet.
- Light: Full Sun.
- Sow in pots/ trays from early spring to late summer germinating at a minimum of 65F.
- Alternatively sow directly in soil after all danger of frost has passed to a depth of 1/16 of an inch and cover with fine soil.
- Keep soil moderately moist during germination.
- When 2-3 inches, thin to 18 to 24 inches apart, transplant thinning’s.
- Feed during the Spring.
- Cut established plants back after blooming.