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Hollyhock
Alcea |
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Description:
Recapture the charm of yesterday's cottage
gardens with towering spikes of hollyhocks. This is an old-fashioned
plant often seen growing alongside older farmhouses where it can re-seed
freely. Hollyhocks also make good backdrops for lower growing
perennials. Though their stalks are very strong, they may need to be
staked if they are planted in a windy site. However, they may not need
staking if planted next to a fence or wall.
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| Common Name: |
Hollyhock |
| Botanical
Name: |
Alcea |
| Type: |
Biennial or
perennial; treat as a perennial by cutting back after bloom |
| Soil
Preference: |
Will grow in dry
to moist soils but prefers a rich, moist well-drained soil with a neutral
pH. Can tolerate short periods of drought. |
| Light
Requirements: |
Full Sun |
| Attributes: |
Good dried
flower, good cut flower, attracts butterflies & hummingbirds |
| Pests: |
Slugs, snails, caterpillars and
Japanese beetles |
| Diseases: |
Leaf spot, rust, powdery mildew,
rot |
| Good
Companion Plants: |
Baby's Breath,
Blue Mist Shrub, Bellflower,
Butterfly Bush, Globe
Thistle, Rosemallow,
Tickseed, Fountain Grass |
| Care: |
Cut spent flower stems near the
ground after plant's first flowering for best plant growth and re-bloom. Planting Instructions: Perennials |
| Varieties: |
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Alcea rosea 'Chater's Series Double Newport Pink'
Hollyhock
zones 2-8
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| Description:
Newport Pink sports tall, sturdy spikes of ruffled, fully double pink
flowers that open from the bottom up. Long bloom time.*thank
you to Walters Gardens for image use |
| Bloom Color: |
Pink |
| Bloom Time: |
June-August |
| Foliage Color: |
Green |
| Height: |
4-6' |
| Spread: |
12-18" |
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Alcea rosea 'Chater's Series Double Purple'
Hollyhock
zones 2-8
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| Description:
Tall, sturdy spikes of ruffled, fully double dark purple flowers open from
the bottom up over a long period in summer. |
| Bloom Color: |
Dark purple |
| Bloom Time: |
June-August |
| Foliage Color: |
Green |
| Height: |
4-6' |
| Spread: |
18-24" |
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Alcea 'Chater's Series Double Scarlet'
Hollyhock
zones 2-8
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| Description:
Sports tall, sturdy spikes of ruffled, fully double, scarlet-red flowers
that open from the bottom up over a long period in summer. |
| Bloom Color: |
Scarlet Red |
| Bloom Time: |
June-August |
| Foliage Color: |
Green |
| Height: |
4-6' |
| Spread: |
18-24" |
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Alcea rosea 'Chater's Series Double Yellow'
Hollyhock
zones 2-8
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| Description:
Chater's Yellow sports tall, sturdy spikes of ruffled, fully double, yellow
flowers that open from the bottom up over a long period in summer. |
| Bloom Color: |
Yellow |
| Bloom Time: |
June-August |
| Foliage Color: |
Green |
| Height: |
4-6' |
| Spread: |
18-24" |
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Alcea rosea 'Cream de Cassis'
Hollyhock
zones 2-8
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| Description:
This variety will command attention with it's large, 3-4 inch wide flowers
of white with a raspberry throat and veining surrounding a yellow eye.
Both single and semi-double flowers are found on a single stem. |
| Bloom Color: |
White/raspberry |
| Bloom Time: |
June-August |
| Foliage Color: |
Green |
| Height: |
4-6' |
| Spread: |
12-18" |
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Alcea 'Peaches n' Dreams'
Hollyhock
zones 3-9
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| Description:
1998 winner of Thompson & Morgan's Flower of the Year award. By
midsummer, tall, strong stalks are packed with large, fully double,
peach-colored blossoms which become tinged raspberry-pink. They bloom
from the bottom up over a long period in summer. |
| Bloom Color: |
Peach/pink |
| Bloom Time: |
June-August |
| Foliage Color: |
Green |
| Height: |
4-6' |
| Spread: |
12-18" |
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Alcea zebrina (see
Malva) |
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