Description
Starting in mid-April (NC)
a group of major bulb experts and growers voted to name the old Texas heirloom clone Rhodophiala bifida 'Hill Country Red'
This splendid vigorous evergreen species makes a nice dense groundcover
dark green fronds reach 2' in length
This is the most cold-tolerant
Alcea rugosa North Vietnam Starting in mid-April (NC)Alcea rugosa is a superb but rarely encountered hollyhock from Russia that's been one of the best performers in our display garden. From an evergreen basal rosette of corrugated grey green leaves arise tall, sturdy, 6 7' spikes beginning in spring. The spikes of Alcea rugosa are clothed along the bottom half with typical hollyhock foliage, while the top half is adorned all summer with large, 4", single, buttery yellow, classic mallow flowers