General Plant Information (Edit)
Plant Habit: Herb/Forb
Life cycle: Biennial
Sun Requirements: Full Sun to Partial Shade
Water Preferences: Mesic
Soil pH Preferences: Slightly acid (6.1 – 6.5)
Neutral (6.6 – 7.3)
Slightly alkaline (7.4 – 7.8)
Plant Height: 4-6 feet
Plant Spread: 2-4 feet
Fruiting Time: Fall
Flowers: Showy
Flower Color: Mauve
Pink
Bloom Size: 2"-3"
Flower Time: Spring
Late spring or early summer
Wildlife Attractant: Bees
Butterflies
Hummingbirds
Resistances: Rabbit Resistant

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Common names
  • Hollyhock
  • Turkish Hollyhock
Botanical names
  • Accepted: Alcea biennis subsp. biennis
  • Synonym: Althaea pallida
  • Synonym: Alcea pallida

Photo Gallery
Location: Leeberg Niederhollabrunn, Lower Austria
Date: 10-2014
author--Stefan.lefnaer
Location: La Crescenta, CA
Date: 2017-06-19

Photo courtesy of Annie's Annuals and Perennials
Location: Leeberg Niederhollabrunn, Lower Austria
Date: 10-2014
Author--Stefan.lefnaer
Location: Leeberg Niederhollabrunn, Lower Austria
Date: 10-2014
Author--Stefan.lefnaer
Location: Leeberg Niederhollabrunn, Lower Austria
Date: 10-2014
Author--Stefan.lefnaer
Location: Leeberg Niederhollabrunn, Lower Austria
Date: 10-2014
Author--Stefan.lefnaer
Location: Leeberg Niederhollabrunn, Lower Austria
Date: 6-2015
Author--Stefan.lefnaer

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