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Ever seen Australian Hollyhock (Lavatera plebeia) looking so good?! It forms lush dense stands after flooding and good rainfall events and is widespread in arid rangelands South Australia. Perfect conditions for cooking up a Hollyhock flowering boom at our Boolcoomatta Reserve on Adnyamathanha & Wiljakali country on the eastern edge of SA. At Boolcoomatta, the Hollyhocks, also called Flood Mallows, have grown up to two metres tall in the Oonartra flood out. Check out this view from the cab of Re