Up for sale is one pack of 10 "Purple Rain" Perennial Hollyhock flower seeds (Alcea Rosea). The super hero of hollyhocks, this hybrid variety very different than other hollyhock as they have the following unique features: a true perennial that will return year after year, will flower in the first year, and rust resistant (but not rust proof). This is a tall variety of hollyhock and creates very dark single petaled purple flowers.
PLEASE NOTE: This hollyhock is seed that is cleaned from the seed pod. It is still a hollyhock seed, just cleaned from the pod.
We offer flat rate combined shipping on all orders, no limit on the amount or type of seed packets.
CULTURE
Soil temperature: 60 degrees fahrenheit
Germination lighting: Light
Depth: 1/4"
Germination days: 10 - 12 days
Plant spread: 24 inches
Plant height: 60''
Plant type: Perennial
Zones: 3-9
Maturation days: 80 days
The best way we find to grow hollyhock is to sow these directly in your garden from late spring until early fall. Hollyhock will not germinate in cool temperatures and need several days of temps in the 70's to germinate. The biggest mistake people make with hollyhock is to try and germinate the seeds in early spring before your soil temperatures have warmed up to at least 60 degrees (night time soil temperature). If sown in cool weather the seeds and will rot before they have a chance to germinate.
Work enriched garden soil 6" deep and scatter your seeds and then top with a light dusting of compost or peat. Another mistake made with holly hock is by sowing the seeds too deep as they need light to germinate.
You can also start these in winter indoors about 8 weeks before your last frost in spring in 4" pots. After your last frost in the spring transplant them into your garden and they will bloom flowers a little later than fall planted hollyhock.
These hollyhock are a bit different than other varieties as they are a perennial. In the fall after your first frost cut them about 6" above the ground.
A quick note about hollyhock and a fungus called Rust. Even though the this hollyhock is known for being Rust resistant, Hollyhock are very susceptible to Rust and we recommend you dust your garden area (after tilling your soil) prior to sowing your seeds with dustable sulfer, which you can get at any home improvement or garden center. In zone 7, in mid march about a month before our last frost, we dust them again just to make sure we don't have any problems with Rust during the summer.
PLEASE NOTE: This hollyhock is seed that is cleaned from the seed pod. It is still a hollyhock seed, just cleaned from the pod.
We offer flat rate combined shipping on all orders, no limit on the amount or type of seed packets.
CULTURE
Soil temperature: 60 degrees fahrenheit
Germination lighting: Light
Depth: 1/4"
Germination days: 10 - 12 days
Plant spread: 24 inches
Plant height: 60''
Plant type: Perennial
Zones: 3-9
Maturation days: 80 days
The best way we find to grow hollyhock is to sow these directly in your garden from late spring until early fall. Hollyhock will not germinate in cool temperatures and need several days of temps in the 70's to germinate. The biggest mistake people make with hollyhock is to try and germinate the seeds in early spring before your soil temperatures have warmed up to at least 60 degrees (night time soil temperature). If sown in cool weather the seeds and will rot before they have a chance to germinate.
Work enriched garden soil 6" deep and scatter your seeds and then top with a light dusting of compost or peat. Another mistake made with holly hock is by sowing the seeds too deep as they need light to germinate.
You can also start these in winter indoors about 8 weeks before your last frost in spring in 4" pots. After your last frost in the spring transplant them into your garden and they will bloom flowers a little later than fall planted hollyhock.
These hollyhock are a bit different than other varieties as they are a perennial. In the fall after your first frost cut them about 6" above the ground.
A quick note about hollyhock and a fungus called Rust. Even though the this hollyhock is known for being Rust resistant, Hollyhock are very susceptible to Rust and we recommend you dust your garden area (after tilling your soil) prior to sowing your seeds with dustable sulfer, which you can get at any home improvement or garden center. In zone 7, in mid march about a month before our last frost, we dust them again just to make sure we don't have any problems with Rust during the summer.