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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.

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10 comments:

  1. mrsnesbittJuly 20, 2011 at 7:58 AM

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

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  2. Roger Owen GreenJuly 20, 2011 at 8:06 AM

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

    ROG, ABC Wednesday team

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  3. KateJuly 20, 2011 at 8:08 AM

    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!

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  4. DarylJuly 20, 2011 at 8:21 AM

    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

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  5. LindaJuly 20, 2011 at 11:09 AM

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

    Linda
    ABC Wednesday Team

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  6. jabblogJuly 20, 2011 at 12:01 PM

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

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  7. i beatiJuly 20, 2011 at 2:14 PM

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

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  8. WandaJuly 20, 2011 at 3:57 PM

    Didn't know Hollyhock had another name.

    Very nice photo.

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  9. Gigi AnnJuly 20, 2011 at 8:57 PM

    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.

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  10. CarverJuly 21, 2011 at 10:44 AM

    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.

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