Q: I love hollyhocks for their colorful, crinkled flowers, and I have a row of them planted along the edge of my patio which I grew from seed. I was disappointed last year, however, as unsightly ...

Hollyhock rust is the most common fungal leaf disease of hollyhocks (Alcea rosea). Many other ornamentals such as flowering maple, rose mallow and weeds in the mallow family also are susceptible.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A group of pink, white, and red hollyhocks stand tall in bloom near a building. - JULIA Culp/Shutterstock Hollyhocks are wonderful ...

Q: I have a hollyhock problem and wonder if its due to all the rain. I finally got a nice row going along the sunny side of my garage, but just as they started to bloom, the leaves became covered with ...

Every time I look at my hollyhocks, I have fond memories of my grandparents' farm and picking the hollyhocks to make hollyhock dolls. Hollyhocks are a robust, unfussy biennial that will prefer ...

Hollyhocks, also known as Alcea, have over 60 species of tall, pretty flowers that are available in almost every color (including black). These perennial or biennial flowering plants grow to 8 feet ...

No perennial garden is complete without a stand of hollyhock along a wall or at the back of the border. My favorites are the dark purplish-black, single-flowering varieties that sometimes reach 9 feet ...

Q. I love hollyhocks but cannot grow them because of rust, which laughs at every fungicide I try. The hollyhocks my grandmother grew more than 60 years ago didn't have this problem. Did she have a ...

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