What Happened To My Hollyhock - Knowledgebase Question

Middle Grove, NY
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Question by CURCURITO
February 26, 2000
I BOUGHT A HOLLYHOCK 2 YEARS AGO. IT BLOOMED BEATIFUL THE FIRST YEAR THIS PAST SUMMER IT NEVER CAME UP. WHAT HAPPENED?


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Answer from NGA
February 26, 2000
Although occasionally a plant will live for several years, often hollyhocks grow as biennials. This means they grow for a season and winter over, then bloom their second season and after blooming, set seed and die off. Ideally there should then be seedlings to replace the original plant and continue the display. I suspect this is what happened to your plant.

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