Here’s Why Every Gardener Should Grow This Flower | Hollyhock aka (Alcea rosea)

30 Comments

1. Gapeys Grub 3 years ago

   I'm not sure I knew it was edible. I have a few in the yard but have never eaten it. I should plant a few more.

2. Readings by CARA 3 years ago

   LOVE ♥️ the info here.
   Thanks, Dan 😊 💚
   Happy plant abundance.

3. heindlwest 3 years ago

   I never ever knew they are edible too… but goodness knows my selfish love of their beauty will make me struggle to eat any part of them.. 🙂

4. JoJo 3 years ago

   What do I use on my hollyhocks? I have spotted leaves. I bought from store because my seeds did not sprout. I am bummmed. I tried neem oil.
   It is mid August so I will chop it down and toss them in trash and hope it does not occur next year.

5. buckeyelady65 3 years ago

   I love HH. I planted along a fence line and it then became stomping grounds by my dog. I haven't tried them again and need to so bad because I love them so much. Since you love HH, tell me what you think about Mullein? It's the most wonderful weed in the world.

6. Kristine Reviews 3 years ago

   Love your video! Are ALL of them edible? Even the black ones? Found you through a Google search where I was lookin' it up but it shows up as ornamental. ???

7. Cathy plant lover 3 years ago

   i had rust spots all over the leaves so i got rid of it i have a few in the ground that are doing well.

8. Alma Aguirre 2 years ago

   Thank you 😊 💓 I loved your video..I'll start growing this plant..im trying to start on March..is that 🤔 ok?
   since I live in California??..❣🙏

9. น้ําทิพย์ บุญถนอม 2 years ago

   I love hollyhock at the first time I've seen in the park in Delhi more than 40 years ago

10. Nite Rythemz Radio 2 years ago

    My pigeons love eating the leaves in the dead winter. Very hardy plants. In west Texas they do not die, even in the heavy snow.

11. lizzy5069 2 years ago

    Thank you!

12. Mike Hendrix 2 years ago

    Lady tried to tell me I hollyhock will last for 2 years. I had the same plant 10 years before I moved and I'm sure it's still there. I live in Georgia. The stem had gotten big as a tree. The same plant came back year after year. If it's a biannual then don't know what happened to mine to make the same plant last 10+ years

13. Natalie Sugar 2 years ago

    I wouldn't be eating a plant that easily builds up Rust on the leaves,,, no thank you! 🙄

14. Come to Mama's kitchen 2 years ago

    Can I buy some of your seeds
    Thank you for the great video

15. Bride 2 years ago

    (HUG) Thank you for your video, in zone 6 April 23 can you direct sow them outside?

16. patricia glass 2 years ago

    Thanks for all your plant help, I love hollyhocks, but always have problems with them, my leaves always gets eaten by something or it’s a fungus that kills the leaves, can you tell me what to do, I surely do love them.? Thanks Trish from Tennessee

17. Melanie B 2 years ago

    Im worried that we had too cold of spring for my hollyhocks.. we had a bit of warm weather and then it sprinted back sharply cold.
    THhey were up by this time last year. I hope they didnt die. Im on the border or zone 4 and 5. Ill be so sad if they all died.

18. Bonnie Le 2 years ago

    Thank you Dan for the video on Hollyhocks, they became a huge fav of ours. Two years ago they were so abundant and beautiful, that passerby's would stop their cars just to take pics of them. Sadly, last year there were many less then had bloomed the first year. Is this normal? I live in Michigan, so this year they bloom later then I think a warmer climate might. This year we have about 5 or 6 plants that came up and look like they may make it to flowers, there are other smaller plants popping up too, but those I'm sure will not make flowers this year. My biggest problem is trying to support the stalks they have grown to up to 8 feet tall! We tried supports and then tall stakes and tieing they back but it still did not have the support they needed. The abundance of beautiful flowers really pulls them in all directions, especially after a rain. What type of support works best for such tall plants? Thank you for any tips you or anyone else here may provide. I really appreciate the help.

19. Anna Maria Stone 2 years ago

    I love hollycocks. My father grew gorgeous ones right on the land I'm living on now, but I'm having a heck of a time getting more than two going. I'll just have to keep trying.

20. Kanchana Duwe 2 years ago

    Hi I really like your garden. If you could can you mail some hollyhocks seeds ? Thank you!

21. emilie wheet 2 years ago

    Where did you find that beautiful peach/yellow and lite pink? Would love to have some seeds of those two. How could I purchase seeds from you?

22. Phyllis Cox 2 years ago

    I Have been planting Zinnia & Hollyhock lately in our Yard in MS. My Zinnia are Doing Pretty Good, I Am still watering where I planted Hollyhocks. I Haven't Seen Any Yet.
    Thanks for Video🌻

23. Poker Channel 2 years ago

    I have been wrong. I have been killing them in my yard. I feel as though I am murderer. I recently became a forager, I forage in my yard, where I grow bean leaves, moringa, peanut leaves, herbs and even dandelion. However, I did not know that I had natural volunteer plants that are edible! I have murdered so many of them. I will no longer murder them. Instead I will forage them (luckily there are few survivors. Luckily. Yikes. I have been killing them. I need to start eating them.

24. Prince Philip 2 years ago

    I would love to have hollyhocks in my garden. I'm living in the Philippines.

25. Chrisann Burton 2 years ago

    Please send me some seedings of the different varieties Dan. I wish to have them in my garden.

26. Caroline Katrena 1 year ago

    Hi Dan was wondering if you had dark and light coloured hollyhock seeds I could purchase lease. I am in Australia.

27. Allie Hamilton-Calhoun 1 year ago

    Hollyhocks are my favorite flowers. They're one of the few non-native plants that are allowed to live in my garden. I couldn't decide on a garden theme, so there are five garden areas in my yard: poison, pollinator, woodland, prairie, and my hollyhocks are in the cottage garden right outside my front door. I didn't know they were edible, I've always left them for the leaf miners. Grrr…. dumb bugs.

28. Juli8 vdBerg 1 year ago

    Can I put them in between tiles on my garden near the wall? Not much soil but obviously they don’t need much soil to grow right?

29. orchid 1 year ago

    where is the best place to buy seeds

30. Pay Petry 1 year ago

    Thanks Dan for this video, never really paid much attention to this plant but i will from now on. are you selling the seeds, if so , i would like to buy some please.