Giant plants abound as Milton Keynes goes garden crazy

Yesterday's story about the giant 12ft tall hollyhocks has prompted others to send photos in of their gardening success stories.
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And it seems MK is the place to be for monster plants.

Yesterday (Monday) Mark Keane sent us photos of his mega hollyhock plant that measures in at twice his own height.

Planted against the wall of his house, it currently has an abundance of pink flowers - and is still growing, said Mark

Sheila's giant liliesSheila's giant lilies
Sheila's giant lilies

"Could this be the tallest ever hollyhock in MK?" he said.

Nobody has beaten the hollyhock record - yet - but other plants locally are reaching similar proportions.

Natalie Wearring sent in photos of the towering tomato plants that are growing to ceiling height in her conservatory.

She wonders if their extreme growth is due to the music her husband plays them while he works from home during lockdown.

Towering tomato plantsTowering tomato plants
Towering tomato plants

"He plays trance music," she said.

The tomato plants are a variety called Sungold and Natalie has feed them with tomato feed twice a week.

Meanwhile, in Monkston, Sheila Curtis has watched her giant lily plants grow and grow this summer.

They are now more than 6ft tall and in full bloom.

The lilies are 6ft tallThe lilies are 6ft tall
The lilies are 6ft tall

"I will be 70 years young on Wednesday and I have been shielding for the last three months," said Sheila.

"My little garden has been my life saver in lots of ways. Watching these little beauties grow and flower so well has been lovely.

"I do feed them occasionally with a liquid feed. But I think they have just liked the weather conditions this year, as they have never reached anything like these dizzy heights before."

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