Malva sylvestris
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Malva sylvestris, Common Mallow
Family: Malvaceae
Genus: Malva
Pretty pale purple/pink flowers which have dark coloured veins. Mid green, rounded, ivy shaped leaves. Culinary; young leaves can be used in salads.
Characteristics:
• Hardiness: H5 (-10 to -15C)
• Type: Herbaceous Perennial
• Height: up to 90cm
• Spread: up to 60cm
Common Mallow can be seen at the herb farm in Jekka’s Herbetum and is available to buy as both herb plants and online as herb seeds.
Details
• Aspect: Full Sun
• Soil type: Chalk, Sand, Clay, Loam
• pH: Universal pH
• Habit: Upright
• Flowering colour: Purple, Pink
• Flowering time: Summer
• Uses: Culinary & Medicinal (Read Jekka’s Guide To Culinary Herbs and Medicinal Herbs for more information)
• Attracts pollinators: Yes (Read Jekka’s Guide to Pollinators for more information)
• Container suitability: No
• UK native: Yes
• Caution: N/A
Growing
• Grown from seed:
• Indoor Sowing: In autumn or spring, into prepared pots. Over winter in cold frame or cold green-house.
• Outdoor Sowing: In early summer, into a well-drained fertile soil, sun or light shade. Thin to 60cm apart.
• Propagation: Division
• Maintenance: (See Jekka’s Blogs on Early Spring, Late Spring, Summer and Autumn maintenance)
• Harvest: N/A
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