Product Description: Alcea rosea ‘Single Pink’ Seeds — The Pink Spire of Garden Dreams
Plant a tower of poetry in bloom: Single Pink Hollyhock seeds grow into stately spires of rosy petals, pale butter-yellow throats, and timeless elegance—a vertical canvas that paints your garden with pastel drama and hidden stories.
Bloom & Hardiness
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Bloom Color & Elegance: Delicate yet impactful, each single, open-faced blossom unfolds in soft pink with a glowing buttery-yellow center, forming painterly rings of petals around a sunlit core. These 4-inch-wide cup-shaped blooms spiral upward in intervals, dazzling from mid to late summer.
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Hardiness Zones: Hardy and resilient—thrives in USDA Zones 2–10, reliably blooming even after cold snaps or frost.
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Form & Habit: A biennial or short-lived perennial, reaching 5–8 feet tall (1.5–2.4 meters) on sturdy, self-supporting stems. A perfect cottage garden sentinel adorning fences, walls, or the garden’s backline.
Fragrance & Wildlife Allure
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Fragrance: While not particularly fragrant, the bloom’s radiance is its scent—drawing pollinators with visual grace rather than perfume.
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Butterfly & Moth Magnet: Gossamer wings flutter in delight—Hollyhocks serve as larval hosts for Painted Lady butterflies, supporting their lifecycle amid rosy spires.
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Pollinator Attraction: Bumblebees, butterflies, and even hummingbirds pause on the blossoms’ sun-friendly faces—making the plant a living theater of wings.
Cultural & Symbolic Flourish
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Garden Heritage: Originating from Asia (likely China, Turkey, or the Middle East), hollyhocks have graced walled gardens and ancient tapestries—symbols of ambition, fertility, and imaginative bloom. In Victorian flower language, these tall guardians spoke of creative aspiration.
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Symbolic Storytelling: The name “hollyhock” stems from Old English, rooted in healing—while in folklore, it was once planted around homes for protection and prosperity. The pink hue specifically whispers of tenderness, affection, and gentle magic.
Easy Beauty & Garden Lore
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Self-Seeding Charm: Once established, these hollyhocks often reseed—offering new spired elegance year after year with minimal effort.
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Low-Maintenance Majesty: Preferring full sun and moist, rich soil, these graceful giants need little more than planting and occasional thinning to maintain their architectural beauty.
Why You’ll Treasure These Seeds
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Vertical poetry: Grow spires of pink petals that rise like whispered dreams above your garden beds.
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Butterfly nurturer: Attract and sustain Painted Lady caterpillars—watch the dance of color and metamorphosis.
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Historic romance: A living heirloom from ancient gardens, symbolizing ambition, beauty, and gentle heart.
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Effortless elegance: Hardiness, pollinator charm, and self-seeding ease make magic in every seed.
Plant Alcea rosea ‘Single Pink’ seeds and cultivate more than flowers—you’ll grow vertical arcs of art, nostalgia, and fluttering story.