How To Grow Hollyhocks From Seeds I Seed To Seedling🌱 I Perennial Garden

Hollyhocks or stock rose like we call them here in Denmark is really for me it's summer blue skies really idyllic. I have a really good friend just around the corner that had a bunch of them just growing outside her house and I asked her very kindly if I could get some. So I have collected some dried them she has them in like four or five different colors really the common old-fashioned ones that the insect really loves. The idea is that we're gonna put it to the to our black fence. That's gonna be really pretty. I can already see them now growing there. So I collected the seeds and the potting and then I'm just gonna have them put in with a name on coffee filters. I'm just gonna sprinkle them out. So I have this tray that I made some holes in just for drainage later on. I do use some soil that's really soft and like a great start for the seeds. They don't like very fertilized soil because you're gonna burn off all the seeds and the roots. So give them a really mild and soft beginning. So I just really drizzle them on here. First I made the water wet here, like this. I have a really nice spray that works nice. I pump a few times and then I can keep going for a long time. So I sprinkle the seeds. You You don't have to, don't be scared about you put too many because later on you're gonna repot them on in bigger pots. And then I take some of more of the dirt, just cover them slightly like this, just so they got all covered because then really make them sprout really quickly, just a little bit. Then I use my really favorite spray here again and do keep it, like make sure keep it wet here on the top. and I have my little, I eat a lot of ice cream apparently, but it is from a bag from a store. So I just have it here with a name on, so I make sure what color it is. So later on, I know where I plant them out in groups. So I'm gonna put these, these are put in the greenhouse. You can, if you don't have a greenhouse, you can put them near window seal or whatever, and then just wait. They sprout really quickly in heat and sun. So I cheated a little bit here, so you can see how they are with the name on here. So they were in these trays. I'm gonna move this, there we go. So this has been in the greenhouse. I kept it watered with my little watering can. I do use rain water, whatever I can, because water is really expensive here. And it rains a lot in Denmark. So we have these, as you can see, there's a bunch coming. So it is starting to have its second set of leaves, and that's a sign for me that I need to start to repot them. And then I'm gonna repot them over in a pot with very fertilized soil and with one plant at a time here. And then I keep it watered and store them in the greenhouse or if you don't have a greenhouse, you can put them in a little, if you have a porch or something where there's some sunlight and keep it watered. And then later on, you can plant them out. Of course, when I do this in autumn now, they will be ready for flowering already next year. So you'll have the winter, the plants will have time to just kind of fall asleep, establish really great roots and be really strong and healthy for next year's growing season. So here we go. I'm gonna show you here how I'm gonna do it. I'm actually just, then again, you can use your thumb or this little pick here, over here. I'm actually just gonna use my thumb. Make a little hole here. And then I'm just gonna take one very gently and lift it up so you can see it. There you go. don't you don't want to ruin the the roots over here and then i just gently put it in press slightly down inside keep it watered and there you go and then they're gonna grow really fast in this nutritious soil and i'm gonna pop them in the greenhouse and then they're ready for growing and i'll leave them over winter i don't have to water them a lot and then i'll plant them out in the spring when the frost is over and i'll have a bunch of beautiful hollyhocks and stock roses near the fence.