A compact, low growing ground cover with small compound blue-green to copper coloured leaves. Small spherical flower clusters are followed by soft red burrs to 2cm across. Although these burrs look quite spiny, they are in fact soft.
A clump-forming perennial with semi-evergreen bold, deeply-lobed dark green leaves up to 3 feet long. In late summer, bears white flowers with purple-shaded bracts in 3 foot long racemes, often with purple-tinged stems. Grows to 5 feet high by 3 feet wide. Best grown in a large border. Flowers are...
This medium sized clumping perennial bears dark purple to almost black compound leaves composed of 25 to 70 irregular leaflets. The unbranched flower stems grow to 1-1.5m(3-5ft) in height, bearing hundreds of tiny white flowers from late summer to early autumn.
This perennial can make be grown as either an annual or a perennial (if provided with good drainage) for an effective display in temperate gardens. The foliage is richly aromatic, suggesting anise or even liquorice.
Erect herbaceous perennial with aromatic, ovate, toothed leaves to 2 inches long. Produces violet-blue flowers in short spikes 2-4 inches long from mid-summer to autumn. Height 3-4 feet; spread 18 inches.
Tall spires of large blooms are produced in mid to late summer on this grandest of traditional old cottage garden flowers. A mix of different hollyhocks from the VanDusen Cottage Garden. Sure to give any garden that cottage touch.
Tall spires of large pale yellow blooms are produced in mid to late summer on this grandest of traditional old cottage garden flowers. This seed was harvested from primarily pale yellow flowered hollyhocks from the VanDusen Cottage Garden.
Tall spires of large white blooms are produced in mid to late summer on this grandest of traditional old cottage garden flowers. This seed was harvested from primarily white flowered hollyhocks from the VanDusen Cottage Garden.
