Buy Hollyhock edible flower seeds NZ –

HOLLYHOCK: ANCIENT MAGENTA

Grow these Hollyhock edible flowers, and add this nostalgic cottage garden favorite to your summer garden.

Hollyhock grow on a tall spike reaching up to 2m in height, with each stem bearing masses of open flowers measuring up to 10cm in diameter, making them great planted out at the back of the border garden or along a fence line.

Hollyhock flowers and leaves are edible – add the petals to summer salads, crystallise the flowers, or press full blooms to use on cakes or crafts. Hollyhock leaves are edible also.

Bees and butterfly’s love the nectar too: Open, single petaled flowers are preferred by bees, so consider this in your bee-friendly garden.

Hollyhock edible flower seeds NZ:
This Hollyhock seed pack contains 30 seeds in a composable zip-lock bag, along with instructions to sow.
Also includes a plant specific info sheet; with planting tips, growing care, flowering / harvest seasons.

• SOWING TIME:
  Early Spring through to Early Autumn.
• HARVEST TIME:
  Pick flowers throughout growing season. Be sure to save some blooms to allow them to set seed to collect.
• CLIMATE:
  Grow through the summer months, planting in compost rich, free draining soil in a North facing, sunny site. Stake or tie the tall flowers spires where needed.
• BOTANICAL NAME:
  Alcea rosea
• TYPE:
  Open pollinated

Buy hollyhock edible flowers NZ, and why not download our free Garden Journal: Plants & Seeds Record and create a booklet to paste/keep your seed info in one place.