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Hollyhock
20 May 2025
Alcea rosea
95% certain
- Family
- Malvaceae
- Origin
- China and the eastern Mediterranean
- Bloom season
- Mid to late summer
- Colors
- pink, red, yellow, white, near-black
- Habitat
- Cottage walls, alley fences, and old gardens
- Symbolism
- Ambition, fruitfulness, and the circle of a garden year
A tall biennial spire of wide, satiny mallow blooms, the kind that leans against a brick wall in July.
Care. Sow in sun with ordinary soil, stake if the wind is hard, and watch for rust on the leaves.
A note. Hollyhocks were grown along English cottage paths to hide the privy, which is one origin of the 'holy' name.
Or perhaps
- Geranium — 4%
- Petunia — 4%
Notes on the photograph
Copied from the marks left by the camera.
- Captured
- May 20, 2025, 4:08 PM
- Camera
- Apple iPhone 14 Pro Max
- Lens
- iPhone 14 Pro Max back triple camera 2.22mm f/2.2
- Focal length
- 2.2mm
- Aperture
- f/2.2
- Shutter
- 1/910s
- ISO
- 40
- Dimensions
- 4032 × 3024
Where it was found
The place is taken from the photograph's own memory, if any.
18.9010° N, 70.7559° W
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