Honey-bee food plant / suitable for cutting
Splendid mixture with brilliant colors, single flowers, saucer-shaped parchment-like blossoms, sturdy and perennial, first year flowering with early sowings. A bit shorter than most fig leaf hollyhock strains and the decorative lobed leaves climb all the way up the sturdy stems.
Historical: | Introduced by JELITTO PERENNIAL SEEDS in 2012. |
Basic Colour: | (mixture) |
Flower Colour: | mixture of chestnut brown to red, pink shades to white, and yellow to copper |
Natural Flowering Period: | May – October |
Flowering: | First year flowering |
Flower: | single |
Winter Hardiness Zones: | Z3 – Z9 |
Foliage: | remarkable fig-leaved |
Growth Habit: | erect / sturdy |
Height with Flowers: | 160 cm |
Spacing between Plants: | 60 cm |
Soil Requirements: | well-drained / average |
Location: | |
Characteristics: | solitary plant |
Usage: | honey-bee food plant / suitable for cutting |
These seeds germinate rapidly depending on species and origin. If germination does not occur after 3–4 weeks a cooling period of 2–4 weeks is recommended.