2011 Holiday Gift Ideas

Tuesday, September 27, 2011

Flickr Picker-Flowers and Gardens

Flower MacroCampsis growing up and over the garageCoreopsis tinctor - HHABlue and green...Crocosmia "Severn Sunrise"Penstemon "Sour Grapes"
AgapanthusPelargonium and heliotropeBegonias are great for shadeMountain Roses Captured in Mason Jars
Mountain Roses Captured in Mason JarsGrevilleaA good year for hemerocallisam thirsty
flower bed :)

Monday, September 26, 2011

Featured Plant - Hollyhock


Alcea (Ál-ce-a), commonly known as hollyhocks, is a genus of about 60 species of flowering plants in the mallow family Malvaceae. Most species are native to southwest and central Asia, although a few are native to southeast Europe or Egypt. They are biennial or short-lived perennial plants growing to 3.5 m (11.48 ft) tall, with broad, rounded, palmately lobed leaves and numerous flowers (pink or yellow in the wild species) on the erect central stem.
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Scientific classification
Kingdom:Plantae
(unranked):Angiosperms
(unranked):Eudicots
(unranked):Rosids
Order:Malvales
Family:Malvaceae
Genus:Alcea

Video on How to Cut Back Hollyhocks

Video on How to Grow Hollyhocks