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Alcea rosea
Hollyhock, Althea rosea
A classic old-fashioned flower, Hollyhocks are informal, yet elegant. The 5- to 8-foot-tall flower spikes have 3- to 6-inch-wide, saucer-shaped, single, semi-double or double flowers. Butterflies love them.

 


Alcea rosea
( Powder Puff Hollyhock )
An old-fashioned favorite that demands attention. Excellent tall background plant for the perennial border. Large, double flowers come in white, and pink.

Alcea rosea
also known as Althaea rosea - Hollyhock
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#1094 Alcea rosea
Common Names: hollyhock
Family: Malvaceae (mallow Family)
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Hollyhock (Alcea rosea) is a member of the hibiscus family, the same family to which cotton and okra belong. It is an old fashioned biennial or short lived perennial that can grow to 6 feet tall.

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Here is one of your Grandma's greatest flowers! Hollyhocks are easy to grow and will flower the first year if started early indoors. More often though, they will bloom the second year.

Hollyhocks, Alcea rosea, are a premiere plant for recession-proof, long-term investment and growth in the garden.
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Hollyhock (Alcea rosea): Hollyhock is one of the most popular old-fashioned cottage garden flowers, with a distinctive upright pillar of large, brightly colored blooms for a few short weeks in summer.

Hollyhocks (Alcea rosea) would likely be in more gardens if it weren't for two serious flaws.

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Other Malvaceae species in garden culture include Abutilon, the Chinese lantern or flowering maple, elegant in both leaf and flower and well-adapted to mild and temperate gardens; Alcea rosea (syn Althaea rosea), the popular hollyhock; ...

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Althea rosea synonym of Alcea rosea (Hollyhock)
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See also: Holly, Hollyhock, May, Pink, Mallow