Summer Carnival Mix Hollyhocks Seeds

Hollyhocks Summer Carnival Mix (Alcea rosea) is a spectacular old-fashioned garden favorite known for its towering spikes of large, fully double blooms in a festive range of colors. Shades may include rose, pink, red, white, yellow, cream, and deep burgundy, creating a bright cottage-garden display from early to midsummer. These stately plants bring height, charm, and nostalgic beauty to flower borders while offering valuable pollen and nectar for bees and other garden pollinators.

Garden Uses
Summer Carnival Mix is perfect for cottage gardens, perennial borders, fence lines, back-of-border plantings, cutting gardens, and old-fashioned flower beds. Its tall upright stems make an excellent background plant behind shorter perennials and annuals. Plant along walls, barns, trellises, garden sheds, or picket fences for a classic heirloom look. The colorful double blooms are especially attractive in informal gardens and make beautiful cut flowers for large arrangements.

Growing Information
Grow hollyhocks in full sun and rich, well-drained soil. Plants perform best with good air circulation and evenly moist soil during active growth, though they should not sit in wet ground. Summer Carnival Mix often blooms the first year from an early sowing, making it especially useful for gardeners who want faster flowers than traditional biennial hollyhocks. Plants may reach 5 to 7 feet tall and may benefit from staking in windy locations. Sow seeds indoors several weeks before the last frost or direct sow outdoors after danger of frost has passed. Press seeds lightly into the soil and cover only shallowly. Deadheading can extend flowering, while allowing some seed pods to mature may encourage reseeding.