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Tag Archives: hollyhocks
Summer doesn’t keep
I looked outside, through the glass door, and found Max asleep in the sun by the falling-over hollyhocks. Must be July. I know what you’re thinking. ‘Those hollyhocks need staking,’ you’re thinking. Well I tried that but the immense heavy … Continue reading
Hollyhocks, and why
I’ve grown hollyhocks (Alcea rosea) forever, sometimes well, often not. (I like the single flowered ones…) I used to have to pay per plant but now I can grow bunches in the greenhouse because the seed is easily collected and … Continue reading