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Wednesday, July 20, 2011

happy Wednesday

ABC Wednesday begins anew with the letter A for Alcea, or better known as Hollyhock. I don't see them in gardens as much as I used to--I took this photo in Chicago visiting Audrey last year. And a black one at that.

10 comments:

mrsnesbitt said...

Way hay Round 9 and we are off to a great start! Hollyhock - So pleased you are with us agin.
Denise ABC Team

Roger Owen Green said...

I've heard hollyhock, but not alcea. So many different names for the same items!

ROG, ABC Wednesday team

Kate said...

Hollyhocks were my favorite childhood flowers. Each year I vow to plant some but never get around to it. As a child I made dolls of them, with voluminous skirts (the blossom) and would sell them to neighbors door-to-door. Tolerant adults!

Daryl said...

Nice .. Are they usually pinkish? Outside the church on the corner of B'way 79th St there's a plant that grows the biggest flowers and they look like that but they're pink-ish

Linda said...

I didn't know that they were also called alcea. Lovely flower by either name.

Linda
ABC Wednesday Team

jabblog said...

I've never seen a black hollyhock before - very striking:-)

i beati said...

so rare I could stare at it all day and think I will

Wanda said...

Didn't know Hollyhock had another name.

Very nice photo.

Gigi Ann said...

I have some hollyhocks that come up each year at the corner of the house. They are a lovely red.

Thanks for the visit today.

Carver said...

I love hollyhocks and those dark almost black ones are my favorite. I have the pink as well as ones called black beauty (they're actually more of a dark purple) and the black beauty are my favorites.