Alcea the official seal ("mon") of the Tokugawa shogunate in Japan, and through this influence has maintained importance in modern Japanese culture. For example, it inspired the name and symbol of Mito HollyHock, a professional soccer club in a city formerly led by the Tokugawa family. The Aoi Matsuri (Hollyhock Festival) is one of the three main festivals of the city of Kyoto. During the Victorian era, the hollyhock symbolized both ambition and fecundity in the language of flowers. Alcea Alcea is a genus of about 60 species of flowering plants in the mallow family Malvaceae, commonly known as the hollyhocks.
Shenzhen International Garden and Flower Expo Park Shenzhen International Garden and Flower Expo Park Shenzhen International Garden and Flower Expo Park (; referred to as Garden Expo Park) is a public, urban park in Futian District, Shenzhen, Guangdong, China. Located in West Zhuzilin, Shenzhen International Garden and Flower Expo Park is bordered by Shennan Avenue on the South, Qiaochengdong Road on the West, Qiaoxiang Road on the North, and Guangshen Expressway on the East. It covers an area of . It serves multiple functions, including garden and flower expo, arts and culture, science education, tourism, exhibitions, and solar power grid-connected electricity generation. It officially opened on September