Growing Malva (Mallow): Easy Self-Sowing Perennials

Culture

Light: Full sun (partial shade in South).
Soil: Well-drained.
Note: M. alcea 'Fastigiata' tolerates poor, dry soil. Remove spent flowers to limit reseeding, but allow a few seeds as insurance against parent plants blooming to death.

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