Alcea rosea 'chater's rose'

Hollyhock with double pink flowers. Very popular in English cottage gardens. Biennial plant: sow in summer, flowers the following year.

Sowing instructions
You sow biennial hollyhock during the summer months, to plant out in the garden in the autumn. The flowers will then appear the following year. Hollyhock is a light germinator. It is therefore better not to cover the seeds with a layer of soil. Instead, you place the seeds superficially, you press lightly, so that there is contact with the subsoil and you ensure that the soil remains moist - not wet. Give the seeds some time, they take an average of 2 to 3 weeks to germinate.