fancy latest pics

1st. pic my first hollyhock

2nd pic himalayan honey suckle

 

The hollyhock looks lovely nice colour, well done

 

THANK YOU ROSA I have got to learn how to put writing with pics, it didnt work this time.

 

You can put it all in the same post, just put each picture on a new line.

 

Gorgeous Fancy - why dont you put the Hollyhock in the comp!

 

Very pretty, Fancy. I was going to say that's a Pheasant Berry in the second photo, then did some research and have learned Himalayan honeysuckle is another name for it! Learn something every day on here!

 

Thank you for the picture of the Himalayan honeysuckle. We have just discovered one under a bramble and wondered what it was! Because it was so overgrown can I prune it into shape or will this stop it flowering next year or kill it completely? When is the best time to prune?

 

Hi, Celia! Latin name Leycesteria! In March you can cut back all dead, damaged or unwanted stems. You can actually be very ruthless with them and cut them to a few inches above ground level.

 

Fancy, I, and also hubby, love hollyhocks, but just don't seem to have as much luck with them as other people, including you, do. We never give up on them though, trying new seeds, but I am wondering if I should rather buy young plants.

I have never seen or even heard of a Himalayen Honeysuckle, by whatever name it goes by, but it is very pretty and eye-catching. Is it hardy?

 

KEDI-GATO I put 10 seeds and only one germinated may be my luck is changing with regards to hollyhock. as for the himalayan honey suckle it has been in the ground for 2 winters and is a very hardy tropical plant. as LofL said you can cut it down to a few inches of the ground. cuttings root very easily.

 

LIZ, THANKS FOR THE ADVICE WILL DO NEXT TIME.

 

Thanks LOL I'll give the Hymalayan Honeysuckle a good prune in March and see what happens.

 

I've always known it as Pheasant-berry - don't know why it's called that, though!! Since I first discovered it, I've seen it everywhere - and it seems pretty hardy, and, as LoL says, you can be pretty nasty to it, and it will cope fine.