A group of pink, white, and red hollyhocks stand tall in bloom near a building. - JULIA Culp/Shutterstock Hollyhocks are wonderful summer-blooming flowers that look right at home in cottage gardens ...

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 ...

Q. I would like information about hollyhocks. When is the best time to plant seeds? When is the best time buy plants in the nursery? A. Old-fashioned annual hollyhocks have heart-shaped leaves and ...

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, ...

Perennial flowers have come a long way since early pioneers beautified their homesteads with peonies, hollyhocks and old-style daylilies and iris. Planting rhubarb was probably the first priority, but ...

Dear Carol: I have a few questions about hollyhocks. A couple of years ago, I planted my first plants, from transplants bought at a nursery. They were a wonderful rose red. I let them set seed. This ...

The season’s earliest-blooming perennial flowers kick into color this month. The main benefit of perennials is that they live for years. You don’t have to replant them every year as with petunias, ...

Cottage gardens can be achieved on a budget by planting perennial clusters and sourcing decor from garage sales. Reach out to local gardening communities or your neighbors for plant divisions to save ...

Last week I wrote about the merits and uses of annuals, so now let’s discuss perennials. But first a brief discussion of biennials: First, what are they? These plants have two basic phases in their ...