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  • I thought it was a Nasturtium

    It started growing early in the year - the leaves looked like Nasturtium leaves, but then they started to get brown spots/bumps on them and I thought it would not be long for this world. But it continued to grow.

    It's now about 4ft tall and has little flower buds - similar to Foxgloves, in that they are several and stacked up a main stem. One of them is not far from blooming and from what I can see has blue/black petals.

    Any ideas?

    Oddly, I also have another plant that I thought was a Nasturtium, but that has stayed low to the ground, but is yet to flower...

    Yours, confuddled in Bedfordshire.
    A simple dude trying to grow veg. http://haywayne.blogspot.com/

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  • #2
    Could it be a hollyhock or similar? Tricky to tell without a photo
    Happy Gardening,
    Shirley

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    • #3
      I think it's one of the black hollyhocks I sent you
      All gardeners know better than other gardeners." -- Chinese Proverb.

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      • #4
        Originally posted by Two_Sheds View Post
        I think it's one of the black hollyhocks I sent you
        Now that's a possibility - but I don't remember planting that out. I remember planting out the Nasturtiums - they flowered last year. But I would have planted the Hollyhock out at the same time, and they certainly didn't flower last year.

        I don't think...
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        BLOG UPDATED! http://haywayne.blogspot.com/2012/01...ar-demand.html 30/01/2012

        Practise makes us a little better, it doesn't make us perfect.


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        • #5
          Hollyhocks don't tend to flower in their first year. Lucky you getting a suprise!
          The Impulsive Gardener

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          • #6
            Please post a photo - then we can stop guessing.

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            • #7
              Like Llamas said, they are biennial. It is perfectly possible that I mixed up some of the seeds in the packs *blush
              All gardeners know better than other gardeners." -- Chinese Proverb.

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              • #8
                Originally posted by rustylady View Post
                Please post a photo - then we can stop guessing.
                I'll have a go tonight. I was at the cinema last night so didn't get a chance.

                Originally posted by Two_Sheds View Post
                Like Llamas said, they are biennial. It is perfectly possible that I mixed up some of the seeds in the packs *blush
                You're forgiven. Besides, you sent them gratis remember?
                A simple dude trying to grow veg. http://haywayne.blogspot.com/

                BLOG UPDATED! http://haywayne.blogspot.com/2012/01...ar-demand.html 30/01/2012

                Practise makes us a little better, it doesn't make us perfect.


                What would Vedder do?

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                • #9
                  I've grown the black hollyhock too and it's lovely. Surprisingly some nasturtiums I had last year have come up again this year as seedlings despite the coldest winter in Scotland for 18 years!

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