Hollyhock

Meaning: Female ambition; fecundity, fruitfulness

Having the botanical name of Alcea rosea, Hollyhock represents the genus Alcea from the family Malvaceae( the mallow one). Its genus includes more than 60 species of biennial or perennial herbaceous flowering plants.  Hollyhocks are the inhabitants southwest and central Asia. They can be seen on railroads, roadsides, free lots, and waste lands.

The plants can reach the length of 3.5 m, bearing wide, round and green leaves and a lot of blossoms in pink, deep purple, red, white and yellow colors. The Hollyhock’s stem is erect; sometimes it is covered by hair. It bears flat coin-like seeds having the diameter of ½ inches. 

The flowering time is from the middle of summer till autumn. A colony of plants will flower within 1,5-2 months. Afterwards every blossom produces a fruit with a ring of about twenty seeds. These flat seeds are oval, being notched on one side.

The majority of Hollyhock’s species make wonderful ornamental plants in the garden and parks.

Hollyhock


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Alcea Rosea

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Hollyhocks

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