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Alcea rosea 'Nigra'

Alcea rosea 'Nigra'

£4.90

Aspect:: Full Sun
Soil Type:: Most Types
Colour:: Black

Plants available: 18

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Plant Overview

The hollyhock is a classic English country cottage plant and this is a wonderful black hollyhock that really stands out in the border.

Hollyhocks have been grown in gardens for centuries, their tall spikes of satiny, crepe-textured flowers making a fine display in mid-summer. Best at the back of a sunny border, with something in front to hide their bare lower stems. This is an unusual historical selection, with single flowers of maroon-black.

A short lived perennial but allow to set seed and it will reward you with plenty of new plants.

Alcea 'Nigra' is known for attracting bees and other pollinators. It has nectar/pollen rich flowers.

Height: 2m

Common name(s): Black Hollyhock

Photo courtesy of The Hardy Plant Society

All our plants are supplied in 9cm pots unless otherwise specified. Plants in this size pot establish quickly in the garden and often outpace plants in bigger pots planted at the same time. Our potted plants can be planted immediately, unless otherwise noted, or you can leave them in their pots until you are ready to plant.

The majority of our plants are grown outdoors. This means that they follow their natural growth patterns and are ready to plant at any time of the year. If you order the plants in winter, they are likely to be dormant and died back to ground level, ready to shoot again in spring - just like the herbaceous perennials in your own garden. Very occasionally, in winter, we may indicate on the packing slip that a plant needs to be hardened off before planting out. This will be because it has just come out of a polytunnel. If you have any questions about our plants or growing methods, please feel free to drop us an email.

We grow most of what we sell ourselves, in our nursery in the Buckinghamshire countryside. Our prices include VAT at 20%.