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A classic cottage garden staple, hollyhocks bloom mid-summer with numerous flowers on tall spikes. Many of the most common varieties are biennials, meaning they complete their lifecycle over 2 years. The first year is spent growing foliage and storing energy. In the second year, the stalks shoot up, flowers bloom and seeds form. Other than staking and cutting the stalks back after flowering, hollyhocks really don’t require much maintenance, but they do need to be protected from insects and fungal diseases such as rust. Hollyhocks support the lifecycle of painted lady butterflies as a host plant for their caterpillars and also attract other pollinators such as bees and hummingbirds. If you’ve got a cottage garden, it’s just not complete without a few hollyhocks gracing the edges.
Rich, well-drained soils can produce the best results
Water hollyhocks at the roots and not on their leaves to help prevent problems with the fungal disease rust
Aim to keep the top 5 inches of soil damp
These plants don’t like high humidity because of their susceptibility to rust
In the box: 1 Pack of Hollyhocks flower plant seeds
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