Hollyhocks

My mother has told me that Grandma had hollyhocks when she was a little girl. Mom turned the blooms upside down and used them as a skirt for a small doll. Cute.

My neighbors to north have pink hollyhocks along their back fences and it’s a nice display. I’m going to try them this year. For some reason I picked up this packet of black seeds. My son had them at a house he rented years ago and I remember them as being rather pretty.

This picture shows a double bloom. I hope that’s what they turn out to be. I’ll put them along the side fence that belongs to my neighbor to the south. It gets afternoon sun so that should work. Hollyhocks need full sun. Or I could put them along the south side of the house. It gets sun most of the day. These should grow four to six feet high so I want them to have plenty of room.

Hollyhocks are a perennial so they will come back year after year and will bloom summer to fall.

Note to self: think ahead. Often when I plan on putting flowers in a particular spot, I neglect to remember that when the trees fill out in summer, that spot may not get the sun that the flowers need.