Beautiful summer bloomers? These colourful hollyhocks definitely are "Spring Celebrities". Bees and butterflies love them. You will receive the hollyhock as bare-root stock in sugar cane sacking. This is more environmentally friendly than plastic nursery pots. The roots are shipped fresh from the ground. They are already one year old. This gives them additional strength, enabling them to grow faster than they would in a nursery pot. Plants grown from bare-root stock also adapt to their new environment more easily. They flower better and they are more economical. Bare-root stock plants grow when it becomes warmer. They are winter-hardy perennials. They can be planted at any time, provided that the ground is not frozen. The hollyhock begins flowering in summer. This will continue for months. They are real sun worshippers. Plant the hollyhock in a location with full sun. It can also be planted in the garden or in flower pots on a patio, roof terrace or balcony. It fits nicely into a bare area around the house or pavement too.