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 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 ...

That’s partly because of their height, drawing our eyes down the lawn towards the vegetable patch hidden behind a wall of logs that we made – dry stone wall-like – from a eucalyptus tree that died.

The sight of hundreds of cup-shaped hollyhocks blooming on a wall is a visual treat. But being aesthetically enchanting is just one of the many aspects of this tall and elegant flowering plant.

The previous two columns discussed the early phases of the hollyhock plant’s life cycle. This column will pick up from there and elaborate on the relatively longer growth and maturity phase of the ...

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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 ...

One of my favorite flowers growing up was hollyhocks. There was a stand of them, along the side of the horse shed on the family farm. My grandmother had planted them long ago, but somehow, magically, ...

Set Daily Express as a 'Preferred Source' to get quicker access to the news you value. I love ’olly ’ocks. Sorry… I mean I love hollyhocks – but it’s such a delightful name that it doesn’t really ...

Besides gardening, I love birds and have several birdhouses in my garden. A few years ago, in early spring, I found a couple of plants growing at the base of a birdhouse in the backyard. At first, I ...

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 ...