Alcea rosea

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Plant Characteristics
Habit   herbaceous

Height: 2 ft"ft" can not be assigned to a declared number type with value 2. to 8 ft"ft" can not be assigned to a declared number type with value 8.
Width: 2 ft"ft" can not be assigned to a declared number type with value 2. to 3 ft"ft" can not be assigned to a declared number type with value 3.
Bloom: early spring, mid spring, late spring, early summer, mid summer, late summer
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Exposure: sun
Features: flowers
USDA Zones: 3 to 10
Flower features: red, orange, yellow, pink, white
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Read about Alcea rosea in the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture 

Althaea rosea, Cav. Hollyhock, which see for culture. St. strict and spire-like, hairy: Lvs. large and rough, rounded-heart-shaped, wavy-angled or lobed: fls. large and nearly sessile, in a long wand-like raceme or spike, in many forms and colors. Biennial. China.


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