Planting Hollyhocks & Foxglove in Our Garden & In My Parent’s Garden! 💜🌸🌿 // Garden Answer

They are focusing on Foxglove and Hollyhocks in the garden project.

There are six different varieties of Foxglove, four of which are first-year bloomers: Camelot lavender, Camelot white, Camelot cream, and Dalmatian Peach.

The first-year blooming Foxglove will be planted in the cut flower garden, with an entire 60-foot row dedicated to them.

Hollyhocks are biennials, not perennials, but they usually seed themselves around, so there is hope that they will seed themselves in the perennial section of the Cut Flower Garden for a kind of perennial crop.

Hollyhocks are tough plants that like full sun and can handle a lot of conditions. They can get quite tall, so wherever they are planted, they should be backed up in a flower bed so they can be visible but not overshadow other plants.

24 double Champagne hollyhocks were grown for this garden, and an additional 24 were grown for the gardener's mother, as she would enjoy that color.

Hollyhocks don’t need a lot of fuss, but they should be started off with good fertilizer. It's also important to cut off spent blooms before they form seeds to control their spread, since they can become very prolific if allowed to seed themselves.