Hollyhock 'Black Watchmen'

The big 3 to 4 inch hibiscus-like blossoms have satiny petals in a wonderful deep dark maroon that shades to pure black. Black Watchman's blooms unfurl slowly, and can reach up to 4 inches, blooming up sturdy 5 to 7 foot stalks. They are right at home in the back row of your flower garden. Attracting all kinds of pollinators. Bees of all kinds will seek them out, often jostling each other in competition for the golden pollen. Hollyhocks are easy, and grow quickly. Requiring basically no attention once they have taken off. These romantic flowers are luscious in color, and will be a focal point in every garden.

Hollyhocks are biennials or short-lived perennials. Plants bulk up the first season - bigger plants produce more flowers - and then explode into bloom in late spring or summer of the second year. In astonishingly rapid fashion, plant stems elongate and produce a wealth of large, plump buds. Spectacular, towering, flowering stalks follow. Cut back after bloom, plants will flower again in late summer and fall. Seeds allowed to mature near the end of the season, will often self-sow.

Details:

QTY: 10
 
TYPE: Annual/Biennial

SITE: Sun - Part Shade

DEPTH: 1/2"

GERMINATION: 10-14 Days at 15-21°C

HEIGHT: 60 - 84"

SPACING: 12"

BLOOM TIME: Summer - Fall

How To Grow:
Indoors (Recommended) in a seedling tray 6-8 weeks before last frost. Keep soil moist. Sow outdoors after last chance of frost. Plants bulk up the first season.  Cut back after bloom, plants will flower again in late summer and fall. Seeds allowed to mature near the end of the season, will often self-sow.