removing hollyhocks

I do envy you, I love hollyhocks, and never been able to grow them in our garden

We found a couple of strange plants growing in our garden and thought they'd come from stray bird seed. We pulled one up without any difficulty. The other was about to flower so we left it to see what it was. We were surprised to find it was a hollyhock as we'd been trying to get some to grow for ages.

Perhaps they'll pull up more easily if you catch them when they're small. Certainly take the seed heads off to reduce the number.

Maybe you could stop them throwing seeds by taking the spent flower heads off? At least that could stop a further proliferation.

travelsafar I love hollyhocks. I have tried a few times and can not keep them in my garden. Slugs, cats/squirrels, anything and everything seems to ruin them! ha ha.

Sorry, I can't help. I have the opposite problem as they won't self-seed in my garden. Just thought I would bump this for you.