i would never attack the integrity of my house siding for a dam plant.. .... ever.... ???.. and for a shiny penny i will tell you how i really feel .....

i cant come up with alternatives.. without seeing some pix... or some description of size.. i saw some 6 footers yesterday....

frankly.. i gave up on Hs.. a few years after starting gardening.. just so many issues.. i would probably leave them laying on the ground... and shovel prune them in fall... or are they biennial... i put them so out of my mind.. 40 years ago.. i cant remember...

a pretty flower in a garden i visit.. not really a plant worth my effort.. one of those i things i put out of my misery...

ken

Ken

srent there two photos there?

the integrity of this 200 year old house is questionable. For gods sake man, all a hole needs is a little ”goop” or ”s-t” (thats the technical term in the contruction trade)”a quick sanding and a dab of paint to hide the evidence of a hole.

This is the first year ive grown Rusdian holly hocks. They are purported not to get rust. i agree the others are truly repulsive as they age and their leaves become diseased.

if some seed in i let them grow and enjoy them until i cannot stand them then shovel prune them.

but i do see the alternaive of sturdy pieces of wood placed unobtrusively at the back of bed and twine strung between them. might have to crudely notch sticks.

plants are top heavy…..

i hope some one can help!

How about two outdoor Command hooks/clips? No holes and you could use a soft jute strung between the two hold back your plants.

I tend to use a couple of sturdy poles with sturdy twine or wire stretched between them so the plants can lean on this without being actually tied in as individuals. I have been nagging my youngest to make some rebar supports in much the same design.

On the same page as peren here, I think - the basic principle at any rate..

The things

i dont know about!

i did nor know there outdoor ones

I found some pretty tall stakes and hammered three into the ground

it is tricky to line up string and get tensiom right so they dont look garrotted. i have done staking befoe and have a little skill but this is challenging!

height + multi stemmed + top heavy + looseness part of plants part of their beauty so i do not want to harness them

i have to start over but i take this as an advanced gardening challenge

RP of course!

i think i had that idea yesterday but got distracted by the challenge of a more difficulr way.

just like me. At least i got them upright so the stems

might straighten a bit.

lesson learned Keep supports in place for next years rain storms

I swear, I make the stern staking promise, every single year, yet invariably, I am reactive instead of proactive...mostly inactive.

I used to grow Russian hollyhocks. Mine never needed staking, definitely got rust and Japanese beetles (annoying on such a tall plant, I couldn't reach the beetles to drown them). Like Ken, I eventually gave up, but every 6 years or so I try again because I do love them.

Omgm rosaprimula, can I adopt that line as my personal motto? Hahaha that is PERFECT for me - I'm reactive instead of proactive... mostly inactive. That is so funny and sadly, at least in my gardening activities, describes me to a T!

:)

Dee

I'm also inactive regarding staking. I say lean if you want to lean.

I did mention the rain beat them down.

please dont bring a mildew curse to this post. Take your mildew elsewhere

OT @Marie Tulin Boston burbs z 6a...just wanted to say that your second picture shows a gorgeous garden...beauties.

Thanks, Rouge

thats the lush perspective

of clematis filled arbor and pink self seeded hollyhock.s

pure serendippity to catch them in same screen .

i finally learning to keep my hands off things

a few yesrs ago i would have tried to transplant it and killed it in the process.

or been left with a transplant to baby in 90 * weather!

it is out of place but perfect for what it is: a hollyhock.

@Marie Tulin Boston burbs z 6a I often find plants seed where they are happiest, Who am I to argue?