Alcea ficifolia ‘Happy Lights ‘Plants

Description

Alcea ‘Happy Lights’ thanks to Jelitto seeds https://www.jelitto.com

Acea Happy lights is a beautiful strain. It is a blend of white, pink, purple, red, and yellow blooms. It makes a bushy plant rather than having a single spire like the traditional hollyhocks, and will also flower in the first year from seed if sown early enough (May – September).

This is a much more robust form of the common hollyhock native to Siberia. If you have problems with hollyhock  rust then try this variety which is much more rust resistant.

The plants grow to around 150 to 210cm  tall, and produce large, single saucer shaped flowers that are 8 to 12cm  wide from November to April. They make excellent cut flowers.

It should be cut back after flowering, and prefers a moderately fertile well drained soil.

This strain is easy to grow from seed , and is extremely hardy . It likes rich soil and full sun.

See our other alceas here https://www.owairakaseeds.co.nz/?s=alcea&post_type=product