The botanical name of okra is Abelmoschus esculentus. Okra is part of the mallow family and is related to cotton and hibiscus ...

Well, a lawn near the Hollyhock House, we should add: "Puppets in the Park" has "park" in the name, a strong indication that ...

Although many plants have finished growing for the year, others are raring to go – so if you're wondering what to plant in ...

A third of an online auction at Christie’s from a single, anonymous collection is being sold without a reserve ...

Questions and answers in this week's garden column cover hollyhocks, rosemary, sweet potatoes and winter cover crops.

A robust biennial or short-lived perennial to 2m or more, with shallowly lobed, rounded leaves and long erect racemes of open funnel-shaped flowers to 10cm across, which may be pink, purple, red, ...

Hollyhocks (Alcea rosea, syn. Althaea rosea) are old-fashioned cottage garden plants which, to this day, remain as popular as ever. They have been variously classified as annuals, biennials or ...