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, ...

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 ...

SOUTH LAKE TAHOE, Calif. — Leonard Carter planted his first hollyhocks over 25 years ago, now the “Hollyhock Garden,” brings joy to many people traveling on Glenwood Way. Carter’s house sits on a ...

Hollyhocks are incredibly easy to grow from seed and are the ideal garden flower for attracting vital pollinators while adding a splash of colour to your outdoor space. Like most flowering plants, ...

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 ...

Cool-season bedding plants are those that are planted from October to March. They like mild to cool temperatures and tolerate ...

The Garden and Floral Arrangers Guild is seeking hollyhock blooms for a children’s activity at its Fairy Garden Festival, to be held May 14. Those who would like to donate hollyhock blooms that will ...

No perennial garden is complete without a stand of hollyhock along a wall or at the back of the border. My favorites are the dark purplish-black, single-flowering varieties that sometimes reach 9 feet ...

Q. The last three years I have had scale on my hollyhocks. They just start to bloom, and the scale appears and they die. Is there something I can use to get rid of the scale? After they start to die, ...

Dear Helen: Can you identify the flower in the attached photo? The plant is around one metre tall, with four branching stems bearing showy purple flowers with some striping. I’ve been told the plant ...