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do hollyhocks have to be cut down for winter
16 Oct, 2010
United Kingdom
do hollyhocks have to be cut down for winter
16 Oct, 2010
Well - only because they do look a bit silly and untidy standing there with no flowers! I cut the flowered stems back to the leaves once the flowers have finished.
So, no, you don't have to, but the garden looks better without them.
16 Oct, 2010