25 GIANT Hollyhocks Seeds, Mixed Colours, Perrenials, Large Bright Flowers.

TALL FLOWERS

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The seeds come in a white pack, please see last picture.

Other than staking and cutting the stalks back after flowering, hollyhocks really don’t require much maintenance, but they do need to be protected from insects and fungal diseases such as rust.

Hollyhocks support the lifecycle of painted lady butterflies as a host plant for their caterpillars and also attract other pollinators such as bees and hummingbirds.

If you’ve got a cottage garden, it’s just not complete without a few hollyhocks gracing the edges.

Pruning:

Hollyhock flowers can be removed when they fade and stalks can be cut back after flowering. This will prevent seed heads from forming and reseeding. Although, if you’d like to have seeds set for next spring, leave the flowers and a few stalks until the seeds have dropped. They’ll die back in winter and all stems and leaves should be removed to prevent rust disease from overwintering.

Soil:

Provide rich, moist, well-drained soil for hollyhocks.

Amendments & Fertilizer:

Hollyhocks can benefit from a light application of fertilizer or compost in the spring.

Watering:

Provide regular water and keep soil moist for starting hollyhocks. However, once well established, they are fairly drought tolerant. Water from below and avoid wetting the foliage, as this can lead to diseased leaves.

Propagation:

Hollyhocks are best, and easiest, grown from seed and they will readily self-seed if flower stalks are left in place.

HOLLYHOCK BASICS

Zones:

3-8

Height/Spread:

6-8 feet tall, 1-2 feet wide

Exposure:

Full sun to part shade

Bloom time:

June-August

Germination notes

IMPORTANT - PLEASE READ CAREFULLY - Please note seed is a live product which depends on many important related grower skills such as proper planting time, seed depth, and type of soil, watering, proper use of fertilizers, weed controls, fungicides, insecticides, disease free soil, and reasonable weather conditions during the growing period. Germination is affected by such factors as temperature, moisture content, light intensity and contamination of planting media.

Although we do everything possible to get seeds to you in the best possible condition and will provide as much help as possible, these factors are totally outside of our control and once you receive the seeds its over to you. Consequently, we can take no responsibility for the suitability to your local conditions of any variety offered, the indicative cultivation advice provided or ultimately the varieties performance. As such you should seek local advice to carefully ensure your local conditions and the time of season are appropriate to the variety purchased.

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