Malva x 'Parkefrieden'
This beauty related to the hybiscus and rose of sharron is actually a bit more pink that it shows in the photo. As the flowers age, they do turn cream to white. This plant is a herb which tells me why, especially in an organic garden (such as mine is), it is always getting eaten alive by everything; insect and animal. The leaves are used in teas. It grows about 5 feet tall, though mine gets closer to six feet and blooms from June well into frost. Over the winter it dies back all the way to the roots. I will cut off the dead just above ground level to be sure not to harm the crown.
My plants are two years old and I'm hoping as they age, they'll get stronger, nicer and more able to handle the barrage of insects and animals that eat it. So far it's been hard to get good undamaged flowers off them for the vase.
As usual, if you plan on using this herb for consumption, please be sure to check out the good and bad of it before adding it to food. http://groups.msn.com/TheGardenPath/weeklyplant.msnw?action=get_message&mview=0&ID_Message=120673&LastModified=4675555171354346113
I'm also adding an annual mallow this year to the same herb garden. http://www.vitacost.com/science/hn/Herb/Mallow.htm The variety I'm growing is 'valcon' which is a vermilion color.
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i was trying to figure out what happened to your template to make it off centered but I dont do well with this type of template. I do know, however, that you can tell which post has changed the template because every underneith it will be normal but the ones above it will be off centered. this entry here about the mallow is the entry causing your problem. i think there is a problem with the wrapping but again, with this type of template I dont know how to fix it other than to delete the entry and repost it.
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