BOTANICAL: Alcea rosea syn. Althaea rosea. PRONOUNCED: al-KEE-uh RO-zee-uh COMMON: Hollyhock LIGHT: Full sun HEIGHT: 2 ft. - 9 ft. COLORS: Pink, purple, white, yellow shades, single or double, and bicolored. COMMENTS: An essential for the English cottage garden. It flowers early in the season with papery single or double blooms.This biennial* may self -seed under ideal conditions. Water and feed regularly and will need staking. Hollyhock are prone to rust, an unsightly fungal disease, therefore cut to soil level after blooming. An average soil will help deter soft, disease-prone growth. *Biennial: A plant that lives for two years or growing seasons, producing leaves the first season, and flowers and seeds the second.