Hollyhocks are cold-hardy, heat-tolerant and easy to grow; scatter some seeds and next year you will have a sea of flowers

Introduction

If you call ithollyhock, many friends may not know what it is, but if you use a few other names such aschessboard flower, yizhanghong, guangguangyan, everyone is probably familiar with it. For this flower, you could describe it as super easy to keep alive. Scatter some seeds on the ground, and even without care it can grow into a patch, and its tall stems have especially strong flowering ability and are especially beautiful, so it can be seen in many courtyards or street landscaping,and now the seed collection season has arrived again, so hurry and collect some to plant in your courtyard.

In many people's impressions, apart from a small number of bulbs that can be sown in autumn, the best time to plant most flowers and plants is in spring. Actually, that is not the case. The seeds of many flowers and plants can be sown in autumn. Take this hollyhock that Huachi wants to share today,sowing hollyhocks in autumn is better than sowing them in spring. After sowing in autumn, they will bloom from late spring of the following year all the way into autumn.

The reason hollyhocks are said to be better sown in autumn than in springis that hollyhocks are biennial herbaceous plants. Ifsown in spring, it is very difficult to see flowers in that same year, and they can only bloom in the second year,and after blooming they will wither and die. Then many friends will ask again: after planting in autumn, will winter freeze them to death? Everyone need not worry,hollyhocks have especially strong cold tolerance. Outdoors at minus 20-30 degrees, even without any protective measures, they will not be frozen to death.

In this season now, the peak flowering period of hollyhocks has already passed, and the branches are now covered with seeds, so friends can go outdoors and collect some. If you do not have any,you can also buy some online. Hollyhock seeds are very cheap, and a few yuan can buy many. When purchasing, you can buy more seeds of different flower colors,and planting them in groups in the courtyard will be super beautiful. If you cannot plant too many seeds this year, you can keep them to plant again next year, because hollyhock seeds can be stored for 3-4 years.

Now that you have the seeds, how should you sow them? Hollyhock is a very easy plant to grow. Before planting, there is no need to pre-sprout them like other plants,just scatter them directly on the soil surface and keep the soil slightly moist, and they will germinate in about 1 week.After the seedlings grow 2-4 pairs of leaves, you can thin and set the plants,because hollyhocks grow relatively tall and have strong branching ability at the roots, so when setting the plants, it is best to keep a spacing of 10-20 cm.

Usually, caring for hollyhocks is also super easy.When sowing, choose a sunny spot with especially strong light, because it has strong sun tolerance, and even exposure in midsummer will not affect its growth.If it is too shady, the plant's growth will weaken, and it will also affect flowering;hollyhocks are also relatively drought-tolerant and tolerant of poor soil. Usually they can be maintained with less water and less fertilizer. After planting, almost no care is needed, and they can bloom like crazy for you, so they can also be considered a lazy-person plant.

After reading all this, are you tempted? Then hurry and take action, and next year you will harvest a sea of flowers.

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