Comments on: The Hollyhocks of Arnold Circus https://spitalfieldslife.com/2013/03/17/the-hollyhocks-of-arnold-circus/ In the midst of life I woke to find myself living in an old house beside Brick Lane in the East End of London Mon, 18 Jul 2016 13:51:05 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 By: Liz Farler https://spitalfieldslife.com/2013/03/17/the-hollyhocks-of-arnold-circus/#comment-1097838 Mon, 18 Jul 2016 13:51:05 +0000 http://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=84285#comment-1097838 Some love coming your way from west Wales as hollyhocks from Circus seeds are flowering in my garden.

]]> By: Elizabeth https://spitalfieldslife.com/2013/03/17/the-hollyhocks-of-arnold-circus/#comment-175588 Mon, 16 Sep 2013 23:57:13 +0000 http://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=84285#comment-175588 The earwigs came to Canada! Interesting story, is there a website anywhere that shows how to fold the seed packets?

]]> By: Sian Astley https://spitalfieldslife.com/2013/03/17/the-hollyhocks-of-arnold-circus/#comment-165530 Wed, 04 Sep 2013 06:59:49 +0000 http://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=84285#comment-165530 What a lovely and inspirational blog post. I’m totally inspired to try and create something similar with the Love Withington Baths group in Manchester and make the grounds of the Baths we’re trying to save more beautiful!
Thank you for posting & for all the wonderful ideas x

]]> By: P.S.GREEN https://spitalfieldslife.com/2013/03/17/the-hollyhocks-of-arnold-circus/#comment-95733 Sat, 23 Mar 2013 14:51:35 +0000 http://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=84285#comment-95733 The hollyhocks at Arnold Circus are superb! I live too far away to come to the event on Monday 25th, but I have posted a cheque to Leila’s Shop and hope to have a glorious ‘hedge’ of them around my allotment next summer.

]]> By: Andy Willoughby https://spitalfieldslife.com/2013/03/17/the-hollyhocks-of-arnold-circus/#comment-94958 Wed, 20 Mar 2013 07:22:08 +0000 http://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=84285#comment-94958 I love Patricia Nivens photos, particularly the 2 black & white ones of seed packing at the table. Lynette, I did find a few earwigs in them, but not many, and Gary, we do have lots of slugs on the Circus, but they don’t do too much damage to the Hollyhocks. We don’t have many snails. Thank you, Gentle Author, for another great article.

]]> By: Lynette https://spitalfieldslife.com/2013/03/17/the-hollyhocks-of-arnold-circus/#comment-94861 Tue, 19 Mar 2013 21:27:12 +0000 http://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=84285#comment-94861 Andy, do you remember we always had hollyhocks in our garden when we were kids – and they always had earwigs inside them in those days – what’s happened to all the earwigs?

]]> By: Jon Marx https://spitalfieldslife.com/2013/03/17/the-hollyhocks-of-arnold-circus/#comment-94808 Tue, 19 Mar 2013 17:11:15 +0000 http://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=84285#comment-94808 Two of my grandparents and many of their sisters and brothers lived and raised their families 100 years ago in the “buildings” around Arnold Circus, and I clearly recall visiting the bandstand (as Arnold Circus was known to them) as a child about 60 years ago. Today, I’ve visited Leila’s Cafe and bought some of the lovely hollyhock packets as presents for their grandchildren.

So you see – Arnold Circus hollyhocks aren’t just any old hollyhocks !

Jon

]]> By: C.A.Halpin https://spitalfieldslife.com/2013/03/17/the-hollyhocks-of-arnold-circus/#comment-94309 Sun, 17 Mar 2013 18:42:11 +0000 http://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=84285#comment-94309 I feel like yesterday’s news, all looks like another world from the nether regions of Hackney

]]> By: Gary https://spitalfieldslife.com/2013/03/17/the-hollyhocks-of-arnold-circus/#comment-94279 Sun, 17 Mar 2013 13:47:49 +0000 http://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=84285#comment-94279 The success of the Hollyhocks must be due to the fact that the garden is ringed by roadway.
Hollyhocks are a major target for slugs and snails, They get eaten in my garden long before they are big enough to flower. There is little chance of a slug getting to Arnold Circus without being squashed
Gary

]]> By: Elizabeth cornwell https://spitalfieldslife.com/2013/03/17/the-hollyhocks-of-arnold-circus/#comment-94271 Sun, 17 Mar 2013 12:45:04 +0000 http://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=84285#comment-94271 What beautiful hollyhocks,I wish mine grew like that!

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