Malva sylvestris - Common Mallow - Seeds

Description

• Malvaceae Malvales
• Europe
• H 1.5m x L 0.3m
•  Z5 
• Annual, Biennial or Short-lived perennial depending on conditions
• Synonyms : High Mallow, Tall Mallow, French Hollyhock, Common Mallow, Tree Mallow
• Subspecies : Mauritiana (Malva sylvestris ssp. Mauritiana)
• 1 packet of 50 seeds

Details

Malva sylvestris offers an abundant summer flowering, staggered, with very large and beautiful purple flowers united in clusters at the base of the leaves all along the flower stalk

The flowers are very attractive to foraging insects and to bees - a very meliferous plant

It is also a beautiful ornamental plant, cousin of Lavateras, Hollyhock, and Marshmallow

Grow it in a high bed

The subspecies proposed here, Malva sylvestris ssp.Mauritiana, offers a spectacular flowering (flowers are larger, more abundant, and with more intense color)

French Hollyhock is more often cultivated for its medicinal properties :

• Astringent
• Demulcent
• Diuretic
• Emollient
• Expectorant
• Laxative

It has other uses as well (food : use of cooked leaves like spinach, raw in salads, or to thicken soups, use of edible flowers for decorating dishes ; dye source)

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Cultivation

Easy to grow, a must for ornamental and medicinal gardens

Sow in spring, directly in place or in sheltered pots for planting in the ground in May

Sunny place, well-worked soil and possibly fertilized with compost manure for a more abundant and spectacular flowering

The plant can grow large in fertile soil, therefore plan your bed accordingly

Protect from strong winds

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Harvest

Pick the flowers as they bloom and dry immediately in the shade for later use