Editor's note: This column previously appeared in the July 19, 2007, Farmers' Forum. Q: Why is it that whatever kind of hollyhocks my friends and I buy, they always seem to end up being drab pink ...

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 ...

It is a late year for tomatoes and peppers, but a glorious year for hollyhocks. Hollyhocks are a tall biennial, six feet or better. They need full sun, can hide the cracks in a barns foundation, and ...

It is a late year for tomatoes and peppers, but a glorious year for hollyhocks. Hollyhocks are a tall biennial, six feet or better. They need full sun, can hide the cracks in a barns foundation, and ...

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 ...

Answer: Hollyhocks (Alcea) are still a favorite with children and are not difficult to grow. They provide color (red, yellow, pink, purple, and white), add height to garden beds, and screen unsightly ...

Hollyhocks grow 3 to 8 feet tall on a single stem, with single or double flowers that bloom from the bottom up.

Every time I look at my hollyhocks, I have fond memories of my grandparents' farm and picking the hollyhocks to make hollyhock dolls. Hollyhocks are a robust, unfussy biennial that will prefer ...