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Hollyhock "Alcea Purple"
Height: 50 - 75 cm
Width: 30 - 45 cm
Zone: 3
Exposure: Full Sun
Bloom Time: Mid to late summer
A 2004 All America Award Winner, this compact Hollyhock selection is terrific for smaller gardens where the taller types might grow too big. The flowers are magenta-purple in colour with a pompom centre surrounded by a ring of larger fringed petals. Will flower the first year, so may be treated as an annual or grown as a short-lived perennial. Excellent in mixed tubs and containers. Control leaf rust with a fungicide spray every two weeks, starting in mid May.