FREE: Organic ✽ COTTAGE HOLLYHOCKS ✽ 5 Seeds ✽ Butterfly Host

The listing, Organic ✽ COTTAGE HOLLYHOCKS ✽ 5 Seeds ✽ Butterfly Host has ended.

These are my cottage Hollyhocks. Raise butterflies! This is a valuable host plant for the Painted Lady Butterfly, in or out of bloom. The flowers are numerous on tall stalks. Most have been a light pink blush with yellow eye, but there are a variety of blush, lavender, yellow, bright rose, and white. This is a biennial, which grows foliage the first year and blooms the second. They do reproduce well in zones 3-9 once established, and even re-seed themselve if left to naturalize. They prefer a sunny site with extra moisture, but have been drought tolerant in my yard. I believe the "strong shall survive" in my garden. You will appreciate my motto!
Family: Malvaceae (mal-VAY-see-ay)
Genus: Alcea (al-KEE-uh)
Species: rosea (RO-zee-uh)
Additional cultivar information: (Ficifolia Group)
Height:
6-8 ft. (1.8-2.4 m)
Spacing:
24-36 in. (60-90 cm)

This Auction: You will be receiving 5 seeds from my garden. They will be sent First Class mail. I am happy to say that my seeds tested 99-100% germination within 2 weeks at a temp of 70°F. Excellent for beginners!

Propagation Method: From seed, sow seeds shallow outdoors about a month after the last spring frost. May also be started indoors in pots.