Thank you for buying a native plant from Windflower Native Plant Nursery. Your purchase helps create a bit of Montana natural  history in your own yard as well as restore a piece of native Montana. This plant was grown by seed I collected locally in an ethical manner.    

Mountain or Wild Hollyhock
Iliamna rivularis
Mallow Family

Plant color: pink
Plant height: 15 - 80”
Bloom time: June to August
Common names:  Mountain Hollyhock, Wild hollyhock
Scientific Name: Iliamna rivularis – “Rivularis” is Latin for brook loving.

Native habitat: This species becomes abundant following disturbances such as wildfires, broadcast burning or clearcutting. It commonly grows on forested slopes, in meadows, or along streambanks. It likes deep, moist, but well-drained soil. After the 2003 fires in Glacier National Park, masses of hollyhocks were seen in great abundance along many trails. No where was this great mass of hollyhocks more numerous than along The Loop Trail.

Mountain hollyhock is a perennial, but it may be eliminated when overtopped by vegetation. Mountain hollyhock seed can lie dormant in the soil for several hundred years waiting for a disturbance to create a moist, sunny spot which will allow the seed to germinate.

Because of its large size Mountain hollyhock may be too large for some gardens but its size, along with its pale pink flowers, will make this plant a spectacular addition to yards that can accommodate it.

I’ve noticed the mountain hollyhocks that do the best in my yard have relief from the sun at some point during the day. They don’t like to be dried out, preferring to have their roots in moist soil. These plants have returned to my yards for the last five years. The hollyhocks that I allowed to get too dry, too wet, or were exposed to too much sun, did not return.

Windflower Native Plant Nursery
PO Box 306
West Glacier, MT 59936
1.406.387.5527
www.windflowernativeplants.com