Lynn. You have to put some pictures out. I would love to see your garden. It sounds so pretty. Just lurking around. Hugs Sally ----- Original Message ----- From: "Lynn Vondran" <lynnvondran@att.net> To: <padutch-life@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, August 22, 2007 6:21 PM Subject: Re: [PD-LIFE] Hollyhocks > Thanks, Daniel :o) > The HGTV site has a wonderful section on saving seeds for Heirloom > gardening. Since this variety I am ordering is a new one, I am going to > try to preserve it, by saving the seeds, and planting them in some of the > other gardens. I am starting a new garden, in the rear of the sideyard, > where I now have wooden trays that really don't grow much of anything. WE > already put a new bush there, and I have to wait until next hear to see > how big it gets. > My Hydrangeas that I clipped from a neighbor's bushes across the street, > are rooting very well, and I can't wait for them to be added to the yard > somewhere. I decided to hold onto the Lilac that won't produce any > flowers, because maybe, by the time the TALL pine tree has to come down, > which we believe the cause of no flowers on the Lilac, the Lilac will take > up the space of that whole area. > I would like to get a gated arbor for at the top of the side steps going > to the side of the house from the front. I saw one somewhere, but can't > remember where I found it. It was probably on an HGTV show recently. It > was so cute and I don't think the Historic District would have a problem > with it, either. > I know exactly where to grow the Hollyhocks, too!!!!! That garden is > becoming a very tall one, but it fits the house, very tall :o) > Lynn > > Daniel wrote: > (Althaea rosea), herbaceous plant of the mallow family (Malvaceae), > native > to China but widely cultivated for its handsome flowers. The several > varieties include annual, biennial, and perennial forms. The stalk grows > about 1.5-2.7 m (5-9 feet) tall. The leaves have five to seven lobes. > Commonly white, pink, red, or yellow, the flowers are 7.5 cm (3 inches) > or > more across and are borne along the upper portion of the stalk. > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > PADUTCH-LIFE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >