Delicate yellow Hollyhocks
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Surprisingly, this is one of my husbands favorite flowers in our garden. I don’t think that when I started the garden that I expected him to be overly excited about any of the plants - well maybe the ones he could eat like the strawberries and the raspberries, which he does enjoy.
The first flower that he got excited about was the sunflower. Now we MUST have sunflowers every year. Then when the hollyhocks came along and started to bloom that too was another must. I remember one year it wasn’t looking like any would bloom. He was so disappointed, but then one did grow some stalks and bloom.
Now I make sure there are some new seedlings growing every year so we always have hollyhocks. Remember they are a biannual flower - growing in the first year and blooming in the second. So I must always have a crop growing each year so that my husband can have his hollyhocks.
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February 4th, 2007 at 7:02 am
hi!
nice pic!
my green thumb sunday’s up too!
February 4th, 2007 at 8:17 am
It’s always interesting to see what plants resonate for family members. Here in this household, it always takes me by surprise but I find it very gratifying, too!
February 7th, 2007 at 3:15 am
I can see why… It looks very pretty…
February 9th, 2007 at 11:57 am
HA! My husband has the same exact favorites. He gets mad if I suggest not planting sunflowers!
Though he doesnt do any gardening, he insists I plant hollyhocks too this year, even went as far as buying the seeds and giving them to me LMAO…..
Mornining glories are at the top of his list of must grows too, especially ‘Grandpa Otts’