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 ...

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 ...

Answer: Hollyhocks (Alcea) are still a favorite with children and are not difficult to grow. They provide color (red, yellow, pink, purple, and white), add height to garden beds, and screen unsightly ...

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 ...

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 ...

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I have always aspired to have a cottage garden, although I couldn’t even tell you what a cottage garden is, exactly. Does it require proximity to an actual cottage? Or a white picket fence, at least?

Hollyhocks are wonderful summer-blooming flowers that look right at home in cottage gardens and perennial borders. These tall, colorful flowers are easy to grow, and their stately height is useful for ...