General Plant Information (Edit)
Plant Habit: Herb/Forb
Life cycle: Annual
Sun Requirements: Full Sun
Water Preferences: Mesic
Dry Mesic
Dry
Flowers: Showy
Flower Time: Summer
Late summer or early fall
Fall
Uses: Cut Flower
Wildlife Attractant: Bees
Butterflies
Propagation: Seeds: Suitable for wintersowing
Sow in situ
Start indoors
Pollinators: Various insects
Miscellaneous: Tolerates poor soil

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Common names
  • Annual Mallow
  • Rose Mallow
Botanical names
  • Accepted: Malva trimestris
  • Synonym: Lavatera trimestris

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Location: Washington
Date: 2016-07-14

Credit: Fleuroselect, used with permission

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