snip>> >>I also found the hollyhock seed that I couldn't find last spring. >>These were collected from a friend's garden that contained a gorgeous >>selection of hollyhocks in various shades of red. I'll go ahead and >>give them a shot but I'm curious -- does anyone have any idea what >>storage at room temperature for a year will have done to them? My >>friend is now in Argentina and his house was sold to people who were >>so tasteless that they took out those hollyhocks and planted >>*junipers* in their place. Horrors! >> >>Liz Can't lose anything by trying....and I'll bet some of them will sprout. Lucinda