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Alcea rosea Fiesta Time - Hollyhock

Alcea rosea Fiesta Time
Hollyhock

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An annual rose with a compact habit. Its flowers are double, cherry pink to red marginate with white, all these shades combining on fringed petals. This variety offers an extended flowering period, on rigid and sturdy stems, abundantly adorned with buds. This perennial or biennial plant is very easy to combine in perennial borders and spectacular in large pots. It tolerates ordinary but well-drained soil, even poor, chalky and rocky.
Flower size
8 cm
Height at maturity
90 cm
Spread at maturity
40 cm
Exposure
Sun
Hardiness
Hardy down to -18°C
Soil moisture
Dry soil, Moist soil
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Best planting time March, October
Recommended planting time March to May
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Description

The Hollyhock or Alcea rosea Fiesta Time is a more biennial than perennial variety, with a compact habit that is more resistant to wind and well-suited for pot cultivation. It also has the ability to flower in the first year. Its flowers are double, cherry pink to red with white margins, all these shades combining on curiously fringed petals. This astonishing variety offers prolonged flowering, on stiff and sturdy stems, abundantly filled with buds. Whether perennial or biennial, it is very easy to combine in perennial borders and spectacular in large pots. It tolerates ordinary but well-drained soil, even poor, chalky and stony soil.

 

The Hollyhock is also known by its Latin name Althaea rosea, and its vernacular names adopt all the accents of our regions: it is called Passe-rose, Rose à bâton, Rose papale or primerose. Belonging to the mallow family, it originates from Asia Minor and is often naturalized in natural gardens, fallow fields, and mounds of soil. 'Fiesta Time' is a shorter variety, with very double flowers, derived from this wild plant. It is a compact, well-branched plant that will not exceed 90 cm (35in) in height. It forms a rosette of rounded, hairy and rough leaves, from which a strong flower stalk emerges, growing very quickly. These spike-like inflorescences are covered with large buds that open in a staggered manner from June to August, from bottom to top, into large, very double flowers whose texture wonderfully reflects light. They display a cherry pink to intense red color, margined with white. The petals are fringed on their periphery. Throughout this period, they will attract bees and butterflies to your garden. The flowering gives way to numerous fruits filled with seeds that self-sow in the most unexpected areas, seemingly chosen by the plant itself: at the base of walls, in poor and stony soils, in wall crevices, etc. Its taproot system makes transplantation delicate, especially for well-established plants.

 

Widely spread in abandoned gardens or fallow fields in our countryside, the Hollyhock is often cultivated at the back of borders or against a wall that protects it from strong winds. The vibrant colour and compact habit of this variety will allow you to create superb combinations with light perennials such as gauras, perennial flax, damask nigellas, or paniculate gypsophiles, either in the ground or in a large container on the terrace. This plant is said to tolerate juglone, a substance secreted by walnut roots; you could try sowing it at the base of a walnut tree, if there is sufficient light. One can attempt to tame this Fiesta Time hollyhock in large pots on the terrace. The hollyhock is an edible plant, the floral buds can be consumed raw in salads and the young leaves can be eaten raw or cooked.

The black-flowered hollyhock (Alcea rosea Nigra) is both ornamental and medicinal. Its seeds yield an oil with drying properties. Rich in mucilage, it has soothing, emollient, expectorant, laxative, and appetizing properties, although less pronounced than those of its cousin, the Marshmallow (Althea officinalis) used by herbalists.

 

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Alcea rosea Fiesta Time - Hollyhock (Flowering) Flowering

Flowering

Flower colour multicoloured
Flowering time July to September
Inflorescence Spike
Flower size 8 cm

Foliage

Foliage persistence Deciduous
Foliage colour dark green

Plant habit

Height at maturity 90 cm
Spread at maturity 40 cm
Growth rate fast

Botanical data

Genus

Alcea

Species

rosea

Cultivar

Fiesta Time

Family

Malvaceae

Other common names

Hollyhock

Origin

Cultivar or hybrid

Product reference829501

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Planting and care

Trémière flowers appreciate warm situations, sunlight, and can adapt to ordinary soil, even clayey, limestone, poor or stony. These plants with a tap root do not appreciate being transplanted when they are too developed. Care must be taken not to break this root when handling. The rosea species is resistant to drought and very hardy, it is sensitive to slugs and particularly susceptible to rust. Excessive moisture should be avoided and preventive treatment with a fungicidal is necessary.

In October, remove the faded flower spikes.

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Planting period

Best planting time March, October
Recommended planting time March to May

Intended location

Suitable for Meadow, Rockery
Type of use Back of border, Container, Slope
Hardiness Hardy down to -18°C (USDA zone 7a) Show map
Ease of cultivation Beginner
Planting density 5 per m2
Exposure Sun
Soil pH Neutral, Calcareous
Soil type Chalky (poor, alkaline and well-drained), Clayey-chalky (heavy and alkaline), Silty-loamy (rich and light), Stony (poor and well-drained)
Soil moisture Dry soil, Moist soil, free draining and deep

Care

Pruning instructions In October, remove the faded flower stalks.
Pruning Pruning recommended once a year
Pruning time October
Disease resistance Average
Overwinter Can be left in the ground

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