I have been watching every day a new bud turning into a blooming flower on the hollyhock plant at home.
We have some planted in a container and some in the ground.
We are curious to see if any of them will remain perennial and will bloom year after year.
I was intially intrigued what it is, when I was listening a docent talk about the Hollyhock house, designed by Frank Lloyd Wright, and the aesthetic which combined indoor and outdoor living spaces.
I attached a link to the phrase Hollyhock house in case you prefer to peek there, in stead of typing the name on your search engine.