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Huh, I thought those were weeds and had been getting rid of them before they bloom.
I googled it and apparently they only bloom the second year
A weed is just a plant you don’t want, unless your jurisdiction has a list of “noxious weeds”.
Dandelions aren’t sprayed for in our city anymore, so neighbors also can’t complain if yours are “out of hand”, they aren’t a weed, they’re a cool little plant, but others will say they are weeds.
Hollyhocks are actually biennials (or short-lived perennials) which is why they only bloom in the second year, but they self-seed like crazy so once you have em in your garden, you'll probably have them forever unless you activly remove them.