Hollyhocks
'... The mother loved them years ago;
Beside the fence they used to grow,
And though the garden changed each year
And certain blooms would disappear
To give their places in the ground
To something new that mother found,
Some pretty bloom or rosebush rare—
The hollyhocks were always there. ...'
Beside the fence they used to grow,
And though the garden changed each year
And certain blooms would disappear
To give their places in the ground
To something new that mother found,
Some pretty bloom or rosebush rare—
The hollyhocks were always there. ...'
- Edgar A Guest
Alcea, commonly known as hollyhocks, is a genus of about 60 species of
flowering plants in the mallow family Malvaceae. They are native to Asia and Europe.
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