Hi Tania, nice to see you here again, many thanks. The colour wasn't really what I expected, but they are quite unique and pretty.

many thanks, Carol and Lorraine. It is an unusual colour, had hoped it would be more black, actually, and I do prefer the "double" flowered hollyhocks, -- planted several of those earlier this summer but they aren't doing that well.

Gorgeous flower, love the color.

Carol