What is "hollyhocks"

Usage examples of "hollyhocks".

Iza gathered several plants, then walked to a nearby stand of brilliant hollyhocks and picked several of the rose, purple, white, and yellow blossoms from the tall simple stems.

Cyclopean red lamps glared nearer and nearer, and the palpitating monster, so stupendous and so docile, came smoothly to a stand-still before the trelliswork and hollyhocks of that pretty station.

Near this campsite, Iza found several tall, wandlike, slim-stemmed hollyhocks with large bright flowers.

Creb wandered over while Iza was pouring boiling water over the flowers of the hollyhocks, and sat down near the child.

She stopped at a stand of colorful hollyhocks on long graceful stems and gathered an armful of different hues.

White butterflies and thistledown floated in the air, bees hummed drowsily, and fhe stately hollyhocks swayed slowly back and forth.

Tall along the back end were stalks of something dead that she thought, with a crestfallen heart, might have been hollyhocks in life.