Re: Hollyhock Chater's Double

**J* E* M* S* <h*@sbcglobal.net>**

I found this at Landreth Seeds
Hollyhocks were grown and valued in Elizabethan days and for the first half of the 19th century. A horticulturalist named Chater of Essex, England worked for decades on improvements to the plant and developed Chater's Double in the 1880's, one of the most popular hollyhocks of all time. In 1873, a rust disease which had spread from South America to Australia and then to Europe began to attack hollyhocks. The effects of the disease were so devastating that the cultivation of hollyhocks was all but abandoned by the end of the 19th century.  
On Feb 14, 2012, at 7:31 PM, Hamptongar@aol.com wrote:

Chater's Double

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