- Alcea Chater\'s Double Purple
- Hollyhock
- tall spikes with purple flowers
- easy to grow
- Cottage garden perennial
Alcea Chater's Double Purple is an attractive perennial which forms tall spikes bearing large brilliant purple double flowers in mid to late Summer above a low mound of foliage. After flowering cut back flower spike to 20cm.
Alcea Chater's Double Purple is an easy to grow variety which is attractive to butterflies and is a perfect English cottage garden variety, but with the benefit of new breeding and disease resistance. Full sun and a free draining soil.
Genus: Alcea
Variety: Chater's Double Purple
Category: Perennial
Height & Spread: 1.8m
Flower Colour: Purple
Season of Interest: Summer
Colours and sizes are approximate and are intended as a guideline and may vary according to local conditions