Alcea rosea

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Alcea rosea

Plant (HPS Number P04580)

Notes:
Date donated: 12th Dec 2014
Donor: Eleanor Fisher

RHS Number and Name Designation (if any): 57087 - accepted name
  • Date added to the website: 23rd Mar 2023
  • Date updated on the website: 19th Dec 2024
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Old friends and new acquaintances by Judy Harry
Publication: The Hardy Plant
Edition: Vol. 45 No 2 Autumn 2024

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Alcea rosea

P04580
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Alcea rosea

S00096
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Alcea rosea

S00129
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Alcea rosea

Order Ref: 63

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Malva alcea

Order Ref: 973
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Order Ref: 73
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Order Ref: 72
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Alcea rosea white flowers with lemon yellow centre

Order Ref: 71
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Alcea rosea white flowers

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Alcea rosea single yellow flowers

M00266
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Alcea rosea rust resistant deep pink

M00265
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Alcea rosea rust resistant

M00264
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Alcea rosea red flowers

M00263
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Alcea rosea pink/cream single flowers  

M05988
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Alcea rosea pink flowers deep frilly edge

M00262
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Alcea rosea pink flowers

Order Ref: 70
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Alcea rosea pink centred flowers

M00260
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Alcea rosea peach flowers

M00259
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Alcea rosea pale yellow suffused apricot flowers

M00258
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Alcea rosea pale yellow flowers

M00257

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S00096
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