Recently I went for a walk in Hyde Park. I got off the underground at Hyde Park station and went into the park near the lovely flower walk. There I saw some of my favourite tall spiked flowers - Hollyhocks - in varying shades of pink and white.
I think the colours of these Hollyhocks looks great against the dark maroon leaves of the shrub in the background.
I loved the delicate colours of the white Hollyhock with lemon sorbet centres.
There was a large patch of tall Hollyhocks by the pergola walk. Unfortunately, the poppies had finished flowering and I expect that they had look magnificent. I love Oriental poppies too.
The design for the vintage hand knitted 4ply cardigan in the below photograph incorporates lots of different flowers, including Hollyhocks. The other flowers are Lily-of-the-Valley, Daffodils, Irises, Lilies, Poppies, Sunflowers, Cornflowers and Roses.
