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Malva sylvestris 'Zebrina' |
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| Common name |
mallow pink |
| Family |
malvaceae |
| Life cycle |
annual/perennial |
| Flowers |
purple/pink (summer) |
| Size |
3' |
| Light |
sun-part shade |
| Cultural notes |
ordinary garden soil |
From seed  |
self-seeds prolifically in our garden
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We bought a few of these long ago, in our garden's first year. Ever since, we've been resupplied by volunteer seedlings. They don't all have the exact same coloration - some, like the one pictured, are darker and richer in color, on others the lighter bands have more of a silvery appearance. But they all have the striking stripes, which earns them their place in our garden, even if it means weeding out the majority of the volunteers every spring.
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In our garden, this plant grows in the following area: side garden Seed for this plant is included on my seed trade list About my plant portraits
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Visitors to this page have left the following comments| Rox Ann Myers | Jun 21, 2005 | I've got one of these but mine is light purple w/dark stripes. If you want i'll email you a picture.
Thanks RoxAnn. Most of mine are like that too - the photo above is more of an anomaly. |
| Susan Shuff | Apr 08, 2006 | Since the weather has finally started to warm up in Central Illinois, I have started doing a survey of my flower beds, cutting back dead leaves left over from last year, etc. I had 3 of these Malva that all but took over the southwest corner last year. They died off over the winter, so I cut the dead growth back to the ground. But unlike the rest of my perennials, I don't see any new growth starting to come up yet. Should I have left the old growth alone? Will they come up later in the early summer? Or should I assume that they have died off completely? Any ideas or comments? Thanks!
These malvas aren't reliably perennial for me - whether because of cold hardiness or general short-livedness, I do not know. However, I find they self-seed rather prolifically, and bloom that same summer - so they are effectively perennial in our garden. |
| DebbieKosal | May 20, 2006 | this was my favorite flowering perineal last year. I am a novice planter. I have many very small seedlings this year in a 4 foot by 4 foot area. What should I do to produce a show like I had last year in the same section that I had originally planted two small plants. Any info would be greatly appreciated. I live in a zone 5 area.
For me, this is either an annual or a short-lived perennial. Seedlings will grow fairly quickly and bloom the same year. I've only ever bought one cellpack of plants of these, years ago, and they're still happily inhabiting the same colony in my garden. |
| Trish | Jun 25, 2008 | I had three of these in my garden, in different locations. I recently put up a fence to keep the rabbits out, but to my surprise the Malva have been eaten down to the ground! The only other plants in the garden that were disturbed were some stargazer lilies (stems gone but leaves on the ground). Any idea what type of critter would do that? |
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