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Hollyhocks Flower

Hollyhocks Flower sketch. January 2023 4" x 4" Hollyhocks flowers are native to Asia, The Middle East, and Europe. The Hollyhocks have been an important motif for rulers in the 17th and 18th centuries, and legislation in the early 18th century was made to so that the flower was specifically for them. This flower is really important to the Shinto religion and the Kamo Shrine in Kyoto. The Kamo festival, also known as the "hollyhock Festival" (Aoi Matsuri) preserves this symbolism. The Hollyhock flower is also used in traditional Chinese cooking where they are cooked in August for the best flavor and nutritional benefit. Arab people have use the flower for a sweet tea and use the leaves for treatment. In the Middle East, mucilage from the flower has been used for bruises or for tumors with dough and olive oil. Hollyhocks were originally grown in Europe for food rather than decoration with Black Hollyhock petals for wine and tea, and their roots for starch.

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Hollyhocks Flower sketch. January 2023
4" x 4"

Hollyhocks flowers are native to Asia, The Middle East, and Europe. The Hollyhocks have been an important motif for rulers in the 17th and 18th centuries, and legislation in the early 18th century was made to so that the flower was specifically for them. This flower is really important to the Shinto religion and the Kamo Shrine in Kyoto. The Kamo festival, also known as the "hollyhock Festival" (Aoi Matsuri) preserves this symbolism. 

The Hollyhock flower is also used in traditional Chinese cooking where they are cooked in August for the best flavor and nutritional benefit.

Arab people have use the flower for a sweet tea and use the leaves for treatment.

In the Middle East, mucilage from the flower has been used for bruises or for tumors with dough and olive oil. 

Hollyhocks were originally grown in Europe for food rather than decoration with Black Hollyhock petals for wine and tea, and their roots for starch.