Mallow
Mallow: Sowing, planting and harvest calendar
Common mallow, Malva sylvestris, is an herbaceous plant in the Malvaceae family. It is particularly recognisable by its pink to purplish flowers with darker veins and its rounded leaves. Its appearance recalls wildflowers growing along edges and in open ground. In a garden it creates a relatively natural effect, with branching stems and noticeable flowers rather than a dense mass of large blooms. Each flower remains a distinct part of the plant’s overall silhouette.The leaves have stalks and veins that radiate from their point of attachment. Their edges are divided into rounded lobes, which are more or less pronounced depending on their position on the plant. Leaves near the base can look rounder than those on the stems. Hairiness also varies: the foliage is not necessarily covered everywhere by a dense, soft down. These differences make observing the whole plant more useful than relying on a single isolated feature when…
