Add irresistible charm to your containers and small gardening spaces with Spring Celebrities Dwarf Hollyhock, Alcea. Best at the back of a sunny border, with something in front to hide their bare lower stems. Hollyhocks grown in containers will require more water than those planted in the ground as the soil dries out more quickly in containers, and the roots aren’t able to seek out moisture further along in the soil as they can in the ground. 3.6 out of 5 stars 180. and so can be described as short lived perennials. $5.99 $ 5. Once you have planted hollyhocks in your garden, they will require very little care, however there are just a few things you should be aware of when cultivating hollyhocks. Cottage garden stalwarts, hollyhocks are easy to grow from seed and will often obligingly seeding themselves around the garden. 3 Chaters Double,HOLLYHOCK--,ready to go out-easy to grow. Eye-catching racemes of fully double rose-pink flowers top the tall, upright, bristly stems of this long-standing garden favorite. They come in various colors, including pink, purple, red, blue, white, and yellow, and cover their spike-like stems from base to tip. A hardy cottage garden favorite, producing flower spikes rise up to 2.4 meters tall smothered in 10 cm diameter peony type fully double flowers (please note that in their first year they quite often produce single much shorter flower stem and often not double flowers). Hollyhock Chaters Double. Keep track of your plants with reminders & care tips – all to help you grow successfully. FREE Shipping. During July and August there is no plant which adds so much to the stateliness When sowing in spring a greenhouse or warm frame is an advantage. It’s important to remove a plant suffering from rust as soon as it is identified, as the disease is fatal for plants and can spread quickly. of infection with hollyhock rust or other diseases.. Hollyhock seed is large, and if you buy packets of seed, the number of Hollyhock 'Chaters Double' mix 20 Garden Ready Plants.