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Malvaceae
Common mallow
Malva neglecta
Also known as Cheeses, Blue mallow, High mallow, Malva orbiculata
Native Plants · Edibles & Herbs · Mallow · Edible Weed · Medicinal Herb · Wildflower · Pollinator · Malva · Foraging · Cottage Garden · Drought Tolerant · Low Maintenance
Common mallow is a tough, adaptable plant that grows well in average garden soil with minimal care, tolerating both sun and partial shade. Water regularly but avoid waterlogging, and deadhead spent flowers to extend the blooming season. Its leaves, flowers, and young seed pods are all edible, and it has a long history of use in herbal medicine for soothing inflammation.
Growing conditions
The details behind the basics
- Daily light
- 5 hours
- Watering
- Water moderately; allow the top inch of soil to dry between waterings · Every 7-10 days
- Maintenance
- Low
- Soil pH
- 7–7.5
- Cycle
- Perennial
Form & growth
Mature size and habit
- Spacing
- 18 in apart
- Growth rate
- Moderate
- Flowers
- No
Ecology & origin
Where it belongs and what it brings
- Native to
- Afghanistan, Alabama, Alaska, Albania, Alberta, Algeria, Argentina Northeast, Argentina Northwest, Argentina South, Arkansas, Austria, Baltic States, Belarus, Belgium, Bolivia, Brazil South, British Columbia, Bulgaria, California, Canary Is.
- Attracts
- Bees, Butterflies
Sources: trefle, usda
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