[greetwellboy]

I have had a lovely display of holly hocks and lupins in a raised bed,I bought these as plug plants.
Question
Now the flowers have died off what do I do??
Leave them?
Cut them down?
Will they come back and flower again?
As you can tell from my questions,I am not much of a flower gardener.

I like to grow veg.

[New shoot]

Both should come back and flower for you this year.  You can tidy up the old dead foliage and flower stalks, but be careful near the bases of the plants, as the new leaves for this year might well already be sprouting 

[fatcat1955]

They should also self seed. Meaning you will soon be over crowded. A nice problem. Hollyhocks suffer from rust which will carry over on old plants, so some people remove the old plants and leave the seedlings to take over.

[greetwellboy]

Thank you for your responces,I have now cut down the stalks,and yes there are new leaves appearing at the base.Thank you.

[sunshineband]

I should warn you that slugs are rather partial to fresh young lupin shoots.....

[greetwellboy]

Ok, looks like I am going to have a battle, trying to keep slugs at bay.

Thanks

[Goosegirl]

You could always put them on eBay!!! 

[greetwellboy]

Ha ha