Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A group of pink, white, and red hollyhocks stand tall in bloom near a building. - JULIA Culp/Shutterstock Hollyhocks are wonderful ...

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Common hollyhocks, Alcea rosea, members of the Malvaceae or mallow family along with marsh mallow or Malva and okra, Hibiscus esculentus, have been around for a very long time. In fact, Alcea seeds ...

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It's the summer of the hollyhock -- in my garden. So many healthy blooms -- and in places and colors I can't recall masterminding. Nature can take the credit. I first noticed the leafy base of a ...

What to do in the garden this week: “Plant heat and bolt-resistant varieties of lettuce in a shady spot. “Weed, weed, weed. Get the last of those pesky weeds pulled before hot weather causes them to ...

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 ...

The flowers, which grow all along the straight stem, are round and open wide. They may be either single or double blossom plants, and they come in a variety of colors, including pink, yellow, salmon, ...

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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Create a charming cottage garden with fragrant, colorful flowers that return year after year—like roses, peonies, and ...