Specialty Gardening: Bare Dirt to Cottage Garden (in Pictures), 3 by Wifeygirl

Wifeygirl wrote:
You SHOULD dig some up, Pat! Although I had a funny experience with that. I dug a few Hollyhocks up from my MIL's garden (you can see them in the first pic), and I also scattered seed. The ones I dug up just sat there and didn't grow or put on a show the first year - the ones from seed actually surpassed them. My theory is that they don't much like to be moved. You should try the same experiment too - dig up some babies, and also grab seeds from some. I'd be curious to see if you have the same experience, where the seeds surpass the transplants.

I'm very proud of this before/after, but I do feel like I need a middle-level plant in this area to cover up the Hollyhocks' ugly legs.

Found a few closeups of the Hollyhock flowers. White, pink, pinker, pinkest!