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Hollyhock Halo Mixed Flower Seeds

Unique selection of first year flowering Hollyhock, the flowers have a single base colour with a central halo. Eight beautiful colours including apricot, blossom, blush, cream, lavender, pink, red and white - no two alike and highly unusual.

€5.13
Expected in stock 2025-01
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Unique selection of first year flowering Hollyhock, the flowers have a single base colour with a central halo. Eight beautiful colours including apricot, blossom, blush, cream, lavender, pink, red and white - no two alike and highly unusual.

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SKU WN-905
Country of Manufacture United Kingdom
Brand Plants of Distinction
Colour Mix
Seeds/packet 25
Plant Height 125-150 cm
Scientific name Alcea rosea
Common name Hollyhock
Germination (days) 30-90
Type Biennial
Plantavstånd 40 cm
Exposure Full Sun
Cultivation Advice An old fashioned cottage garden favourite, loved by bees and butterflies, Hollyhocks send up Jack-and-the-Beanstalk tall stems, some varieties reaching 8 feet in height, covered in beautiful wide open blooms. Hollyhocks are easy to grow from seed and readily self-set. As biennials they produce foliage during the first year and flower in the second year.

Ideal against a fence or hedge at the back of a sunny border, allow about 12 inches between plants and try to ensure adequate airflow around the plants to help prevent rust. Hollyhocks don’t usually require staking but may appreciate a little natural support.

Hollyhocks can be sown from January to May, or during September for over-wintering.

Sow Hollyhock seeds into moist compost using individual 3 inch pots, allowing 2 or 3 seeds per pot, or seed trays, spacing each seed about an inch away from the next, then cover lightly with compost and seal into a polythene bag or propagator to maintain moisture levels.

Germination normally takes 10-14 days at 65 – 70F to and the seedlings will need to grow on for another 3 or 4 weeks before they're ready for pricking out.

Once the roots are showing at the base of the tray, they're ready to be transplanted. Remove the weakest seedlings from pot sown Hollyhocks, leaving the strongest to grow on individually and prick out tray sown seedlings into individual pots, handling the young plants by the leaves not the stems as they bruise easily, and taking care to avoid damaging the roots.

Grow on the young plants in a position that has maximum all-round light, ideally, plants should have warm roots but cool tops, until they are ready for planting out in May or June. Occasionally an eager young Hollyhock may try to flower in the first year, in this situation it is better to snip off the flower spike and allow the plant to become more established rather than to allow it to flower too soon.
Bra att veta om produkten De flesta stockrosor räknas som två- till fleråriga. Att de kallas tvvååriga beror på att de växer till sin fulla höjd och blommar först andra året. Första året kommer endast en bladrosett. Stockrosen räknas inte som långlivad och därför inte perenn men v
Goda vänner Anisisop
Bloom Time Jun, Jul, Aug, Sep
Attracts Pollinators Yes
Föryngring Stockrosor självsår sig gärna
Language on package English
Storage Keep your seeds in a cool, dry and dark place.
Brand Plants of Distinction
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