Hollyhock 'Chater's Rose' | Alcea

Hollyhock 'Chater's Rose' | AlceaMagnificent double rose like flowers Create a stunning tall floral display for your bed or border Frilly petal pattern is an absolute showstopper Create a classic cottage garden aesthetic Get spectacular blooms from June to September Edible flowerstry for a stunning dessert or salad garnish Highly attractive for butterflies and bees

It requires pruning when dead fronds show and situating the fern within a humid environment or potted

The Hupeh takes its name from the Hupeh province in Western China where it grows in abundance

Use your harvest of crabapples to make a homemade jelly

The ancient Egyptians regarded it as a rejuvenating herb

Whether you're growing them in the ground or in containers

Its upright

dark green leaves and small

all showing themselves in a seaped out foliage design to catch the eye of people passing by or visiting the home

Soft apricot-coloured blooms with pale yellow streaks running through the petals

Very sweet thin-skinned fruits up to 10in/25cm long

lasting a couple of weeks before the leaves unfold

The leaves turn a purple-green colour in summer