Hollyhock - Peaches 'n Dreams

Backyard Garden perennials  


Hollyhock - Peaches 'n Dreams

The Peaches ‘n Dreams Hollyhock, 'Alcea rosea', has double, creamy-peach flowers that are frosted with tints of raspberry-pink and apricot. It is a wonderful new array of pastels to add to the garden. The Hollyhock family is made up of a rather large group that exhibits tall stature (4-6') and is biennial in nature. Although they are short lived, they reseed themselves. The large blooms of Alcea ‘Peaches ‘n Dreams’ Hollyhock flower in the summer months. Alcea is a wonderful plant near the back of the border, working great along walls or fences. They are best planted in full sun in a well-drained area. ... details

 

Geranium - Bertie Crug Blooms all summer and creates a delightful carpet of color. super hardy geranium noted for it's beautiful foliage that is deep green with bronze highlights, turning a wonderful cherry red with cool fall weather. This Geranium, Bertie Crug, is only 4" tall and is a spreader (though not viciously so - only to a couple of feet in width). It bears delightful cheery pink flowers heavily in spring and sporadically throughout the growing season. Try this Geranium scrambling over a rock wall or along a garden path - Spectacular!.

Hollyhock - Peaches 'n Dreams