Specialty Gardening: Hollyhock photos anyone?, 1 by bookworm28

bookworm28 wrote:
The photos are beautiful! I received some malva seeds in a butterfly seed trade, and can't wait to see how they turn out. Do they bloom the first year?

New Mexico adobe homes make a gorgeous combination with flowers like you have With the oranges, rusts, and golds of the landscape - so magical. I've admired gardens such as yours for years, cactuspatch. NM is one of my favorite places to visit.

I bought HH plants last year and had a good bloom. They didn't freeze and are now coming back strong and beginning to bloom. Here's one of the blooms with a very happy bumblebee!