Q: I planted hollyhocks six or seven years ago. They were multiple colors, but now there is only one and it is not very vibrant. Is there any way to get more colors out of the plants? A: This happens ...

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: My grandma used to grow beautiful hollyhocks. So, I would like to try them this year. Do you have any suggestions? A: Yes, I do! I love the old-fashioned flowers. They are beautiful, enduring, and ...

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 ...

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 ...