Two years ago I planted some hollyhock seeds in flats, not realizing that they are biennial. At the end of the season we emptied the flats that had soil in them into the veggie beds, totally forgetting the hollyhock seeds. This year what my inexperienced eye viewed as melon plants growing outside my kitchen window exploded into seven foot tall flowering hollyhocks!
I cut a stem from one of the plants and placed it in a vase on the windowsill, it promptly started to wither; but oh how morbidly delightful and sorrowfully peaceful. I left it there and before too long the top buds started to blossom even though the bottom ones were curling in on themselves like ancient hands. Life lives in unexpected places...
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