A group of pink, white, and red hollyhocks stand tall in bloom near a building. - JULIA Culp/Shutterstock Hollyhocks are wonderful summer-blooming flowers that look right at home in cottage gardens ...

Q: I have trouble growing hollyhocks. What am I doing wrong? I see them growing in the seams of pavement, but can’t grow them in my yard! — MG., Albuquerque A: You don’t say if you are planting from ...

Q: I have obtained seed pods from old-fashioned hollyhock. How and when should they be planted? A: You've got two options. You can direct-seed them in the garden next spring. Scratch them just under ...

It's the summer of the hollyhock -- in my garden. So many healthy blooms -- and in places and colors I can't recall masterminding. Nature can take the credit. I first noticed the leafy base of a ...

Question: I saw some beautiful hollyhocks in a picture next to you in the paper. What variety are you growing and when should they be planted? Answer: My hollyhocks come from saved seeds that were ...

The flowers, which grow all along the straight stem, are round and open wide. They may be either single or double blossom plants, and they come in a variety of colors, including pink, yellow, salmon, ...

There are lots of beautiful new flowers and plants that are promoted each year to the gardener by various vendors and gardening magazines. We all get taken in by these potential new contributions to ...

Every Mother's Day, my children wash my car and help me plant flowers. Last week, as I prepared the garden beds of my two side-by-side homes, I found one of what I call "Claire's hollyhocks" growing ...

Hollyhocks are cheerful custodians of summer gardens. With their showy blooms borne on erect stalks of blooms they are old favorites and seem to be making a revival. Lubbock A-J reader N.M. of Lubbock ...

Common hollyhocks, Alcea rosea, members of the Malvaceae or mallow family along with marsh mallow or Malva and okra, Hibiscus esculentus, have been around for a very long time. In fact, Alcea seeds ...

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