Alcea rosea Nigra - Hollyhock

Hollyhock or Alcea is a<strong> beautiful perennial plant often grown as a biennial,</strong> indispensable in country gardens and has become the<strong> symbol of Île de Ré</strong> where it thrives along walls, in the lanes of Saint Martin, well sheltered from the wind. This tall, graceful plant lifts all summer from June to September its <strong>immense floral spikes</strong>, often exceeding 2 m in height, <strong>adorned with flowers in open cups or in very double, ruffled pompon forms</strong> showing colours from pastel to the darkest tones. In the language of flowers, hollyhock signifies simple love! <img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-53736" src="https://www.promessedefleurs.com/blogwp/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/Rose-trémière1-1.jpg" alt="Alcea Rosea" width="1172" height="780" /> Double hollyhock or single-flowered, black, blackcurrant or powder-pink hollyhocks, <strong>all are ideal to bring verticality</strong> and a wildly romantic touch <strong>to the back of borders</strong>, or <strong>to the walls of a <a href="https://www.promessedefleurs.com/conseil-plantes-jardin/inspiration/jardin-cottage">cottage walled garden</a></strong> against which they lean. One of the easiest to grow, it adapts to ordinary soils, tolerates drought, <strong>likes warm, sheltered situations</strong> and self-seeds very easily in the most unexpected places. <strong>Edible</strong>, hollyhock can be enjoyed in salads or in jams. Discover<strong> all our varieties of <a href="https://en.promessedefleurs.eu/perennials/perennials-by-variety/alcea-rosea-hollyhocks.html">hollyhocks in bucket</a> or <a href="https://en.promessedefleurs.eu/annuals/flower-seeds/flower-seeds-by-variety/hollyhock-seeds.html">in seeds</a></strong>, how to collect and harvest hollyhock seeds and how to prune hollyhocks!