The Rural Voice, 2000-03, Page 37Gardening
lavish provider of food, clothing and
beauty and contains no poisonous
members. It has traveled the world
over, except for the Arctic zones, and
under all conditions has retained its
old-fashioned hoop -skirt blossoms,
which children delight in using for
ladies in their play -pretend garden
parties."
Mallows have a distinctive flower.
They have a little club like centre
surrounded by five petals.The seeds
can vary quite a bit but the hollyhock
and Checkerbloom have seed clusters
like rounds of cheese without a
covering. An easy plant to grow from
seed if planted in the spring, or you
can divide an existing plant in the
spring or fall. Take a bit of care in
the summer and add a little mulch as
most members of this family like a
bit of moisture in their well drained
soil.
I like the larger blooms of the
beautiful hollyhocks but in our
garden they seed themselves in the
front edge of the border or out in the
lawn. I grimly move them back to
the back of the border.
We often associate hollyhocks
with English gardens and yet they
originally came from the Holy Land
by returning Crusaders hence the
name Holy -hock. I wonder what
those early gardeners would think of
the wonderful array of colours now
available from apricot, Arabian night
black or double apple blossom pink.
We still see the roots of a wild
form supply the gummy substance
used for making marshmallow candy.
A generous family. One that we can
enjoy today with little bother.0
Rhea Hamilton -Seeger and her
husband raise two children at their
home near Auburn. She is a skilled
cook and gardener.
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