RUST FREE HOLLY HOCK? ALCALTHAEA SUFFRUTESCENS PARKALLEE

looks very nice - and the gorgeous (cotinus ?) behind is lovely too !!

Its an unusual flower Ba with those curly middle petals.....maybe a high potash feed next spring would give it a boost......

Yes Paul, I love the cotinus, especially when the sun goes down behind it and lights it up:-)

Hi Pam \0/ thanks, I could do with a boost too, maybe I'll try the potash as well:-)

Let me know if it works please Ba....:0)

We could go into business Pam, B.A.Pharmaceuticals, whaddya say? I like the sound of it. We need some guinea pigs to try out our tonic, any GOYers out there? we could share the Nobel Prize:-)

I think thats a brilliant addition to Ba dot com......
But would wild rabbits do I haven't got any guineapigs........

Pamy Pamy Pamy .... dear oh dear... very kind of you to volunteer the rabbits, but we need HUMAN guinea pigs. I appreciate this health food/science thing is new to you, but they (flippin health and safety) won't let us market the stuff until we prove it won't harm or kill anyone!!! ....I know ...health and safety gone mad ....but that's how careful you gotta be nowadays. I don't suppose you know anybody who would like to share in the glory? We'd take care of them if anything bad happened:-)

You mean someone who would eat ashes.?.....I've been known to burn the toast.....or even the potatoes at a push but ashes, hmmmm

Wood ash we have in the winter and the last time we tried roasting chestnuts they got cremated so that may work....now how about marketing it in a pepper grinder for that additional roughage in the diet?

"Ba's Booster.......a patented potash potion......"

I can see it now........

I'm sorry to say I don't like your hollyhock either. It's got such a strange looking flower, and a dull colour.
I bought a black one once, but when the flowers opened, they were a pale wishy washy yellow. It ended up in the compost bin lol

I'm with Hywel,Ba..and sorry,I'm not keen on it either..quite a non descript colour,isn't it? ..but maybe it would be better if I described it as pale and interesting..? you know I'm trying to be tactful here !Lol.

You really don't like it do you...lol!
Not a fan of them either mainly because of the rust. I always think they have the look of an overgrown weed.
The flower looks ok in close up and if the bees love it - what to do :))
It really is disappointing when you really look forward to a plant flowering then all you feel is major 'let down'. Think we've all been there BA :))

Pam, I think you're on the right track with B.A's Booster, You can be on the board of B.A.Pharmaceuticals (BAPS). The idea of the grinder is pure genius, everyone's on about roughage in these days of rubbishy processed foods ..... I think this idea has legs:-)
I think BAPS slogan should be 'Nothing artificial in BAPS BOOSTER' perhaps we could compose a jolly jingle for the adverts:-)

Hi Hywel Bloomer and Scottish, it's a thumbs down from you lot too lol:-)

Looks like it,Ba..it doesn't seem to have the X Factor..unless it can sing :o)

Bring out the bloom on your skin and feel fruity all day with the new wonder tonic BAPS BOOSTER!
Contains real potash from organic sources. . Cals per gm o.oo

Its a shame its a disappointment you never really know until you see the plants in bloom, maybe it all the wet weather that has affected it, but it may put on a better show next year especially with all the boosters that are being recommended;0))

I'm thnking.........

i love the pretty flower though does look small against such a large plant, my black one hasnt been to big this year because we havent had enough sunshine here in blackpool only rain.
it gets a yes from me for being pretty lol :o))

Ba. Ba I,m in trouble and its all your fault!!!

well they didn't complain,just politely ignored me....

For some reason my jingles ended up on the 'dear fellow gardeners' blog
by monjardinlra.....she,s french and must think I,m potty...........well if I wasn't before I probably am now.......

Steragram, you're on the right lines, have you got a tune for that? You can join the board too, we'll make our fortunes:-)

I may give it another year Carole as long as it doesn't get rust, if so ...out it comes:-)

Sandra, you're the only thumbs up lol:-)

Lol Pam, I could pop on there and confuse her even more:-)

Yes she could be our first customer ;0)

Good thinking... bonus in the post:-)

Bornagain, I don't think it has a tune - I see it spoken by a beautiful rather breathy blonde, with perhaps a scientist in a white coat doing the last bit...

Now Steragram, what about a beautiful, breathy blond scientist? cost half as much. I didn't get where I am today by paying two people instead of one:-)

Ba knows about marketing Stera......she had great success with Ba fashions and the tankini..........

Thank you Pam, as you know, I don't like to blow my own trumpet:-)

modest in the extreme my dear ;0))

NO trumpet ? that rules out any accompaniment for the ad then. Gorgeous scientist it is.

You're as mad as us steragram:-)

Mad?. Moi?

Oui tu:-)

Et evidement moi aussi :))

It has a certain something, not quite sure what though, still we cant win them all can we?

I thought it looked rather nice and at least its leaves are a healthy green....

It still isn't looking any better Dd lol:-)

Lol Lincs, there's a lot of leaf to notice isn't there?:-)