Texas Gardening: Any one in Texas grow Hollyhocks?, 2 by covenantgarden

covenantgarden wrote:
I think they will do well for you, steadycam. I have French hollyhocks (the purple ones) that reseed in my yard every year. They take no care at all except when they try to go exploring along the path, then I just pull them up and move them. The other pic is of my first hollyhock - I had forgotten what I planted there and it was a mystery for over a year until it shot up and bloomed like crazy. I loved it! If I had more room, I'd have a forest of them. I saved the seeds and planted some near our shed last spring. I look forward to their blooms this year. Right now I have the hollyhocks and the French ones about a foot tall in the yard, lovely green and defiantly withstanding the freezes without any assistance.