Hollyhock transplanting

We found some old hollyhock plants around an old farm house and we are wondering when we can dig them up and transplant them into our garden.

Doug says that you don't dig and transplant hollyhocks unless they are seedings (and then you try to do it in the spring).

You start them from seed.

They tend to be biennials and once they've bloomed, the mother plant is going to die.

Seed - not dig!

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Hollyhock transplanting

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moving hollyhocks
by: cheryl major

hi i planted some hollyhock seeds last march 08 and left them to grow this year i put them in my garden but i didnt realise how tall they would grow i think they are in the wrong place (in my border) i would like to have them against my wall along with my delphinium and glady's i am reading some really bad horror stories about them seedind all over the garden and generally taking over, could you tell me what to do at the moment they are about 8ft tall double and single flowers lots of them
many thanks
cheryl

Hollyhock transplanting
by: Anonymous

I disagree. I have transplanted my hollyhocks before and have had good luck. I do it in the fall and water well.

Doug says that you *can* move hollyhocks in the fall if you know that they are not the ones that are going to die - i.e. they are the one-year plants. Many folks don't know the difference so moving in the spring means that beginners move the living ones. :-) In my mind, it's a question of giving advice that works for everybody or having folks make another decision without experience.

But in practice, you're right - you can move a plant darn near anytime and have it grow if you know what you're doing.

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