Why should you put mallow - blossoming candle comes from front gardens of the USSR

Hello, my name is Kate and I continue to write in his blog magazine about interesting flowers for the garden, garden and a flower bed near the house. Today I decided to tell you about an ornamental plant, which was previously seen in every second front garden - beautiful mallow, or stem-rose (Alcea rosea).

Trendy garden flowers with their enchanting color, size and diversity of varieties supplanted beauty with delicate flowers. I almost do not see it on the manicured flower beds. More in abandoned flower beds, where rod-rose with variable success competes for a place in the sun with weeds.

I think everyone has forgotten nothing of Malwa. The plant has a personality and exquisite beauty. And with minimal care stem-rose reveal the potential for 100% and will be able to compete in the decoration of many inhabitants of the flower beds. Including with the main competitor - Delphinium. The heroine of this article is notable for important advantages.

Malwa noticeable on a bed from a distance. First of all, thanks to its high growth - stems rise to 1.5-3 m proud when they are covered. Tightly flowers (simple or terry) framed curvaceous leaves, it is impossible not to admire plant.

I find mallow elegant flower. Greens and stems are painted in soothing pastel green. And flowers can not boast parrot brightness, choosing the noble shades. For this reason, the mallow is perfectly combined with the plants on a bed together. Placing the stem-rose in the background, you will get a "perfect background" for your flower arrangement.

The second ideal use mallow in landscape design - the decoration of the fences and walls of buildings. When dense planting by mid-summer, plants are transformed into a thick hedge: the bottom - a cloud of foliage, top - rushing to the summer sun stems, generously covered with bright flowers and already ready to bloom buds.

Interesting fact: In horticultural crops mallow is found throughout the world. And here is the natural home of the flower so the scientists could not find. Therefore, the plant can be considered a "citizen of the world". This fact is enshrined in the USDA, ARS, National Genetic Resources Program. Germplasm Resources Information Network - (GRIN) [Online Database]. National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland

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Even discerning gardeners who want to see at their summer cottage certainly unusual colors and shapes, mallow can respond with dignity. Displayed very beautiful varieties. For example, you can find on the Internet a picture of unusual black Hollyhock. I liked these options:

One of the varieties with a strong terry

And here is the emphasis on contrast coloring

But, in my opinion, even the classic pale pink version will decorate the flower beds.

Mallow conventionally refers to a two-year plants, blooming usually in the second year. Why is shareware? There is also scientific evidence that the flower of time "running wild", it is written in "Illustrated Manual of plants of Middle Russia." And I see myself as a neighboring house pink mallow, left to their own devices, it has been growing for many years as I can remember.

The plant does not require sophisticated in care and will not take a gardener a lot of time. Mallow easy to grow from seed, and sowing them immediately recommended for permanent without seedlings. And the most pleasant fact: the stem-rose blooms from June to September, depending on weather and the region, on average, for 3 months.

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