Vee, of Very Verla ♫ joie de vivre, lamented in a comment on Vanilla’s post that while she loved hollyhocks, she rarely saw them growing in people’s yards these days. I replied that ours were no longer blooming or I would post a pic for her. Sorry, Vee. I was wrong.
Hidden from view from my office window I found these:
Well sheltered, these blossoms still persist
Sylvia planted two or three, but they are quickly taking over the area. That’s okay we like these beauties.
Vee, did you ever make dolls from the blossoms?
Beauty surrounds us if we will but open our eyes to see.
Beauty surrounds us.
How lucky we are.
And there is free.
We are indeed fortunate to be surrounded by beauty. And as you say, it is free. Be happy today. 🙂
We’ve got some sort of hollyhock on the side of the house, but it struggles in the heat. I never could get them to grow well in our sunny yard. Do they like a little bit of shade??
I’ve always associated hollyhocks with old-fashion outhouses. That’s where they grew when I was growing up. Indoor plumbing came when I was in high school. :clap:
This reminds me that I should do some things to beautify my property a little bit. I never think of that by myself.
I understand, Ratty. If it weren’t for my wife, that wouldn’t get done around here. :angel:
I love the old single hollyhocks! Had some for a while, but discovered that I had planted three things in a clump that the rose chafer beetles like, and the hollyhocks were one of them. Not a good combo :no:
Oh no! :stars: I’m sorry to hear about that. :no:
I’ve never heard of making a doll out of the petals. How very cool!
You use the blossoms. Full blossoms make nifty skirts and buds can look like a head when you remove the green around the base. At least, that’s what I remember my sisters doing.
Thank you for posting these pictures for me! Beautiful, and white blooms are my favorite. My girlfriends and I made dolls out of hollyhock blooms (sometimes whole families that lived in houses we made of boxes). We also made whistles out of lilac leaves. Fun memories!
You are very welcome, Vee. My sisters used to do that too. :hkitty:
Never used lilac leaves for whistles, but did use wide grass held between the sides of the thumbs for that. :dance:
Very nice white hollyhocks! Vee could make a bride doll with one of those. 😀
Thanks! :tiphat: I’m sure she could. :cloud9: