Alcea rugosa Pardancanda yellow flowers that look like

yellow flowers that look like giant golden artichokes

but is almost unknown in US gardens

If you continue to plant in your shade garden throughout the fall and winter

Pteris vittata 'Benzilan' is a 2005 Plant Delights/JLBG introduction of an amazing fern selection from our 1996 Yunnan

Here in the lower Piedmont of NC

Alcea rugosa Pardancanda yellow flowers that look likeAlcea rugosa is a superb but rarely encountered hollyhock from Russia that's been one of the best performers in our display garden. From an evergreen basal rosette of corrugated grey green leaves arise tall, sturdy, 6 7' spikes beginning in spring. The spikes of Alcea rugosa are clothed along the bottom half with typical hollyhock foliage, while the top half is adorned all summer with large, 4", single, buttery yellow, classic mallow flowers