Chaters Double Hollyhock
Charter's Double is used for edible flowers, cut flowers, dried flowers, and as background screens.
They begin to bloom in early summer and continue to bloom for 30 to 90 days.
The Hollyhock Chater's Double, 'Alcea rosea', has tall spires of peony-shaped double flowers that look great against a fence or wall.
Chater's Double has 5 inch flowers on tall spikes that have the colors of yellow, purple, pink, red, white, and apricot.
An English garden of the 1850's would have several varieties of Hollyhock.
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When planning a vegetable garden, know what varieties will grow in your climate, know the frost dates, plant cool weather plants either early or late, know each vegetable's time to maturity, start successive plantings in a nursery to save garden space.
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