hollyhock ok for tortoise treat?

[ascott]

.....just wanting to know if ok for treat? I know they are not shown to be poisonous but just making sure.....how bout the leaves too?
Thank you...

 

[Fernando]

According to most lists I've seen, its ALL GOOD.

 

[dmmj]

Hollyhock actually sounds bad, but it is fine to eat both leaves and flowers. I grow it.

 

[ascott]

AWESOME! !!!! Now I will go finish my guys "salad" topped with a big ole pink hollyhock....may take a sample of the leaf and see what they say . Thanks again![/quote]

 

[Fernando]

NP

 

[dmarcus]

interesting, never heard of a hollyhock before..

 

[dmmj]

It is a flower ( different colors) that grow in a single stalk and grows very tall. above 6 feet most times

 

[dmarcus]

It is a flower ( different colors) that grow in a single stalk and grows very tall. above 6 feet most times

Thanks for the info, think I will google it..

 

[Missy]

I love Hollyhock but the beetles eat it so it does not look good unless I spray it all the time.

 

[ascott]

Well, this would have been the first time since I am the host for my Desert Tortoise to have offered them the Hollyhock flower....hmmm? The old man (Humphry) was mad because I disturbed his nap, then blew the dirt around on the ground sniffing it, so I picked it up and held it for him, he nibbled then chow city. Ghamara and Herman were a little hesitant, until they took a tiny bite, then chow city. Haus he blew the dirt around on the ground, turned his back and stomped to his burrow!

So, I think this will be a treat for all but Haus LOL, his is my most finicky eater...nothing that did not come from the dirt/ somewhat quickly...he loves to graze.
.....

 

[Maggie Cummings]

My Hollyhocks are not blooming yet and I thought tortoises shouldn't eat them, so I am looking forward to seeing how Bob likes them ifen they ever bloom. We had a late wet spring and today was the first good day of sun. We did have some sun last week, but it rained all during it...

 

[ascott]

Hi Maggie, I too was not certain, I had researched and found that they are not listed as toxic, they actually had been used way back for medicinal purposes...so that was why I thought I would post that question in hopes someone would have first hand experience with tortoise...

The Hollyhocks that came up are not any that I planted....this year they have come up all around the front porch...which is where all of my goodies came up this year....with the rain/flooding that happened here at the beginning of the year I think that things were just kinda distributed via the flood waters...about 4 years ago my Mother and Son planted one Hollyhock, after two years it died off...nothing last year then this year, all over the front...AWESOME! I did research of them and find that they like bloom every two years after they seed...

 

[stells]

Hollyhocks are great... all parts can be eaten... and it can be part of their regular diet... when they are available... doesn't have to be an occassional treat...

 

[SnakeyeZ]

Good to hear... I was looking for flower varieties and I can find Hollyhock easily. Infact, we have may seeds I will plant next year.

 

[ascott]

Thanks Kelly...good to know "all" is good. I love anything new for them

and yes Missy, the weeval does eat em up into a nice lace appearance, I live with it, as I don't spray anything on my property anywhere....when we have heavy rains the water moves and floods over everywhere and can transfer the chemicals if I were to spray, besides what girl doesn't like a little lace from time to time...LOL

 

[Watermelon]

hollyhocks are fine.

 

[terryo]

Is this the same hollyhocks? My son had them growing along the fence, but I never knew the torts could eat them.

 

[Jacqui]

Looks like you have pretty double hollyhocks, Terry! So yes the same. My own tortoises don't as a rule like the hollyhocks.

 

[stells]

Yep they are fine Terry... i have the doubles too... mine all love the flowers and leaves...

 

[terryo]

Yep they are fine Terry... i have the doubles too... mine all love the flowers and leaves...

Well Kelly, I was in my son's yard and was pulling off a flower for Pio and my son came running out like a lunatic..."what are you doing? I'm pulling off a flower for Pio......are you crazy...I waited all year to get those flowers." That was the end of that!!! She will just have to eat her Rose of Sharon flowers.