Alcea Rosea annua
Large attractive clear white single flowers with a bright yellow centre, Hollyhock Halo White, first year flowering cottage garden plant that will grow to a height of 6.5 feet
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Flower Seed Hollyhock, Hop, Hosta
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Hardy perennial
Hollyhock seeds 20°C Yes average layer vermiculite Sow May - July Can be sown later and over wintered for planting out following spring after last frosts. |
| Hollyhock Halo White
2m Alcea Rosea annua Large attractive clear white single flowers with a bright yellow centre, Hollyhock Halo White, first year flowering cottage garden plant that will grow to a height of 6.5 feet
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| Hollyhock Halo
Apricot 2m Alcea Rosea annua Large attractive pink to apricot single flowers with contrasting dark pink centre, Hollyhock Halo Apricot, first year flowering cottage garden plant that will grow to a height of 6.5 feet
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| Hollyhock Maid of Honour
2m Alcea Rosea annua An attractive mixture of salmon pink, apple blossom and white flowers, a first year flowering cottage garden plant that will grow to a height of 6.5 feet
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| Hollyhock The Bride 150cm Alcea Rosea annua Beautiful double white flowers, Hollyhock the Bride, first year flowering from an early sowing, cottage garden plant.
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Spring Celebrities Designer Mix 70cm Alcea Rosea annua Excellent border plant having semi double flowers in a wide range of colours, Ideal in borders, containers and patio pots.
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Creme de Cassis Height up to 2m Unique colouring of blackcurrant fading to a paler shade around the edges of each flower with a yellow eye, each stem will have a variation of single, double and semi double flowers. Sow Feb to March or late summer into autumn for planting out the following spring.
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Peaches n Dreams 2m Large pure double flowers that smother tall, stately stems. Large fully double creamy peach blooms, some tinged with a raspberry-pink, flowers from June until first frosts. Best sown autumn to late winter to ensure flowering summer, sow spring to flower early following summer.
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Chaters double Mixed
1.8m An old fashioned favourite Hollyhock Chaters Double has large, extra double flowers in a variety of bright colours, flowers usually in second year. A favourite for the rear of the cottage garden.
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| Honesty
Annual or Biennial Lunaria annua - European Hgt 0.6-1mFlowers May to July Common in gardens and often found nearby as an escapee, the flower heads dried with seed are used for decoration, excellent plant for bees and butterflies, prefers partial shade will tolerate full sun. Magical powers of money, monsters and repelling. Naturalised, European origin. Approx 60 seeds per gram £1.25 Av 1 gram pkt
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| Type Sowing Temp Cover Seed Advice |
Hardy
perennial 16+ °C Cover seed with compost or vermiculite Keep moist germination irregular grow in full sun to partial shade
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Hop Common Humulus lupulus Common Hop is a native perennial. Hop seeds. Climbs up to 9m supports itself by twinning around other plants. Prefers sun or semi-shade. Magical powers on healing and sleep. Flowers and leaves are scented, dried flowering heads (female plants) used as a flavouring and preservative in beer. Young leaves can be added to salads or young leaves and shoots cooked and the flavour is said to be unique and delicious. A tea is made from the leaves and cones, dried hops are also added to sleep pillows. Sow Common Hop autumn onwards in a mix of coarse sand and compost, place in a cold frame or outdoors for the weather to break the seed dormancy, cover seed with coarse horticultural sand, transplant into pots and plant out early summer or the following spring. Germination is challenging be patient and do not discard seed trays/pots as the seed can germinate the following year. Can be sown late winter if seed is stratified. Flowers are harvested in the autumn, young shoots harvested for culinary use in the spring. Approx 300 seeds per gram
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Perennial 20°C If germination hasn't occurred in two weeks reduce temp to 2-4°C for 4 weeks or until germination takes place. Sow November to March Keep cool once germinated |
| Hosta
Sieboldiana 40cm Handsome garden plant with mid-green leaves and off white flower panicles.
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The cultural information should be used as a guide only, I have found a number of different sowing techniques for the same seed from different sources there does not seem to be a standard. With this in mind you should use this website as a guide only, you probably already have a tried and tested way of sowing different seeds. As a rule of thumb the larger the seed size the more cover it requires, and fine seed like Lobelia Begonia etc requires no cover.
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