Hollyhock
A garden plant with large flowers on tall stems all summer; bees get covered in its coarse, spiny, whitish pollen, while nectar is moderate.
- Nectar
- Medium
- Pollen
- Good
- Flowering
- JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
- Pollen colour
- Height
- 1,5-2,5 m
- Life cycle
- Biennial
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Hollyhock, whose origins lie in western and central Asia, is a biennial or short-lived perennial that has become a fixture of Anatolian village gardens. Its large single flowers give plenty of pollen; the large, spiny pollen grains typical of the mallow family stick to the bees' bodies. Nectar is secreted from the gaps at the base of the petals and is moderate.
Flowering
It flowers from June to September, providing forage for a long time as flowers open from the bottom of the stem upwards. It is one of the important garden pollen plants during the midsummer dearth.
Honey and pollen
No single-flower honey is produced. The pollen loads are whitish cream.
Note for the beekeeper
Double varieties lose most of their pollen and nectar; choose single varieties for planting around the apiary. It is easy to grow from seed and drought-tolerant; plant it in an airy spot to guard against rust.