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 ...

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 ...

Cottage gardens feature a dense mixture of colorful plants filling the spaces around fences, pergolas, and other features. Hollyhocks are a favorite for this type of garden layout, creating tall ...

Knowing when to plant hollyhock seeds is key if you want to add these cottage garden favourites to your garden. Hollyhocks are loved for their towering height, beautiful flowers and popularity with ...

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 ...

The hollyhock, according to seed catalogues, is a tall, dramatic, old-fashioned accent of mid summer. It can serve as a buffer or background in the garden or landscape. It has statuesque flower spikes ...

There is one flower that crops up in vintage photos of early American homesteads. Each year, the hollyhocks shed prodigious seed that was often carried westward with the pioneers. It’s easy to spot ...

1. Happy Fourth of July! Dead-head your roses whenever the aging flowers shatter. Dead-heading is the term for cutting off old blooms. Removing old flowers promotes higher-quality reblooming every six ...

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 ...

Kha Dang says he wants to be the Johnny Appleseed of hollyhocks. Perhaps he’ll go down in Tucson lore as Kha Hollyhock. “It’s my favorite flower because there are so many colors,” says Kha, his ...