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Alcea rosea Halo Perfect Pink - Hollyhock

Alcea rosea Halo Perfect Pink
Hollyhock

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This hollyhock mix produces large bicoloured flowers in different shades of pink, contrasting with a central halo or a darker heart. More perennial than usual hollyhocks and more resistant to diseases, they form bushy clumps in two years from which several flower stalks emerge and will bloom all summer. Grow in the sun, in ordinary but well-drained soil. 
Flower size
10 cm
Height at maturity
1.50 m
Exposure
Sun
Annual / Perennial
Perennial
Germination time (days)
25 days
Sowing method
Direct sowing
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Sowing period May to August
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Flowering time July to September
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Description

Alcea 'Halo Perfect Pink', a newcomer in the series of hollyhocks in the Halo series, brings together varieties in different shades of pink, but always bicoloured. Each produces 5 to 10 tall stems loaded with large single flowers ranging from pale-pink to almost red-purple, adorned with a halo and/or a darker heart. It is more perennial than usual varieties, and its foliage resists rust better. This plant is irreplaceable in country gardens or gardens without a gardener. It can do without watering once established and often self-seeds in unexpected places. 

 

Alcea rosea belongs to the Malvaceae family. It is native to Asia Minor and is often naturalised in wild gardens, fallow lands, and on mounds of earth. The result of several years of selection, 'Halo Perfect Pink' is part of a series of hybrids selected by the famous seed supplier Thompson & Morgan for their large single and bicoloured flowers, bushy habit, their ability to produce several flower stems on the same plant, and their rust resistance.

It is an upright plant, usually unbranched, that can reach 1.5 to 2m (5 to 7ft) in height. It forms a branched rosette of rounded and puckered leaves from which several robust flower stems emerge. It has a very rapid growth rate. The spike-like inflorescences are covered with numerous large buds that open in a staggered pattern from June to August. They bloom from the bottom to the top, into large single flowers with a diameter of 10cm (4in). Their satin texture creates beautiful plays of light. Throughout this period, they will attract bees and butterflies to your garden. The flowering gives way to numerous fruits filled with seeds that self-seed spontaneously in unexpected places: at the base of walls, in poor and rocky soils, and cracks in walls.

 

Very common in abandoned gardens or fallow land in our countryside, hollyhocks are often grown at the back of borders or against a wall that protects it from strong winds. This lovely selection 'Halo Perfect Pink' will create stunning combinations with purple, mauve, or white forms, both single and double. Plant or sow it with annuals such as nigella, bidens, centaurea, cosmos, poppies, and Delphinium consolida. Gaura, with their light flowering like a flight of butterflies, will also form a beautiful contrast with their stems loaded with large flowers. Hollyhock is an edible plant; the floral buds can be consumed raw in salads and the young leaves raw or cooked.

It is both ornamental and medicinal. Oil with drying properties is obtained from its seeds. Rich in mucilage, it has soothing, emollient, expectorant, laxative, and appetising properties, albeit attenuated compared to those of its cousin, Althea officinalis.

Flowering

Flower colour pink
Flowering time July to September
Inflorescence Spike
Flower size 10 cm
Bee-friendly Attracts pollinators

Foliage

Foliage persistence Semi-evergreen
Foliage colour green

Plant habit

Height at maturity 1.50 m
Spread at maturity 40 cm
Growth rate fast

Botanical data

Genus

Alcea

Species

rosea

Cultivar

Halo Perfect Pink

Family

Malvaceae

Other common names

Hollyhock

Origin

Cultivar or hybrid

Product reference8487111

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Planting and care

Sow the seeds from May to July. It takes about 15 to 20 days for the young shoots to appear. Transplant the young plants when they reach a height of 7cm (3in). Plant at a distance of 20cm (8in) from each other. In the following spring, place them in your flower beds at a distance of 40 to 50cm (16 to 20in). Consider staking them if the location is not sheltered from the wind. Avoid planting hollyhocks in the same spot for several years in a row to prevent the appearance of rust (a parasitic fungus visible as orange powder) on the foliage. Hybrid hollyhocks tolerate summer drought and poor soils, but look much better in fertile soil that retains some moisture in summer. They tolerate limestone very well. In heavy and wet winter soil, these plants will be more biennial than truly perennial. Under optimal growing conditions, they can live for 4 or 5 years.

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Sowing period

Sowing period May to August
Sowing method Direct sowing
Germination time (days) 25 days

Intended location

Suitable for Meadow, Rockery
Type of use Back of border, Slope
Hardiness Hardy down to -18°C (USDA zone 7a) Show map
Ease of cultivation Beginner
Exposure Sun
Soil pH Neutral, Calcareous
Soil moisture Moist soil, Ordinary but well-drained, even clayey, poor or stony.

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