Get Growing with Mickey Rathbun: Black hollyhocks are back

The most pleasant surprise of this summer’s garden has been the return of a Blacknight hollyhock (Alcea rosea nigra) that I planted several years ago. Its single blossoms are as close to pure black as any flower I know, but when the late afternoon sun...

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