Sidalcea

Guernsey Donkey2

Has anyone grown these - cuttings, seeds, plants?  I have an interest in them, but would like anyone to share experience of these plants please.  I believe they are bee attractive and similar to hollyhocks ?

Purplerain

I grow quite a few. I find them very reliable and easy, middle of the border plants. My favourite is Party Girl and they can be increased by division in Spring.

Guernsey Donkey2

Thanks for that endorsement @purplerallim - they looked good on the site and appear to be bee friendly too so I can't fathom out why they aren't better known/spoken about.

Paul B3

My wife and I call our Sidalcea plants the 'mini-mallows' ; a good moist loamy soil , sun or dappled shade is all they seem to require .

Mine are reliably perennial too , although some are annual species .

Victoria Sponge

I have sidalcea too, much smaller than hollyhock, about 3' and smaller flowers. I had a few different varieties but they seem to all seed back to the same pink, a nice pink though. They don't flower for ages but worth growing I think, and yes, bees like them.