Tuesday, December 4, 2018

BLACK HOLLYHOCK

I have been waiting for some Hollyhocks in the garden to flower and was surprised when they turned out to be black.  They must have been a punnet of seedlings I bought somewhere but I had no idea they were black.  Here they are :



with our first poppy


and the lovely oak leafed hydrangea



                                                         the gardenia is in flower
                                     


                                                              and one of our alstroemeria


18 comments:

  1. How lovely to see colourful, pretty flowers when we are enduring wet, windy weather here. Grey days, foggy days and everything in the garden dripping. Yuk! Those Alstromeria are stunning.

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    1. I always enjoying summer flowers during our winter.

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  2. I took some seeds from a Black Hollyhock. When I grew them the following year they lost most of their blackness, and became dark purple.

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    1. It will be interesting to see what comes up next year.

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  3. Amazing color, I have the same but in a bearded Iris. They really stand out.

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    1. We don't have any Irises but the Hollyhock was a surprise as we expected it to be pink.

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  4. Love that hydrangea. You've got some unusual flowers. The gardenia has masses of flowers, must smell wonderful

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    1. That hydrangea is one of my favourites. Yes, the gardenia smells divine. It is doing well this year.

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  5. I am very attracted to black flowers - they add more depth to colourful borders.

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    1. We do like the look of it - it was just a surprise.

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  6. Wow! I have never seen that. The only black flower that I have seen that color is a pansy. How wonderful to have something so dramatic in your garden.

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  7. That flower is stunning. I love it.

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  8. Exquisite garden. The black blooms look stunning.

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    1. We are pleased with the way the garden is going at the moment.

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  9. yes the alstromerias in my garden are at the point where they are needing a good cutting back they have grown so much.

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    1. I try to pull them out of the ground one by one as they flower but they usually get ahead of me.

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