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Sidalcea malviflora 'Party Girl'

 
Sidalcea malviflora 'Party Girl'
prairie mallow
Sidalcea malviflora 'Party Girl'

Common name prairie mallow
Family malvaceae
Life cycle perennial (Z5-9)
Flowers rose (summer-fall)
Size 36-40"
Light sun-part shade
From seed Flowers first year from seed sown indoors early.
detailed seed-starting info below
Seed ripensearly July

Like a shorter-growing hollyhock, with flowers on erect stems. Deadheading prolongs period of bloom into fall: I bought ours in a late-summer sale, with spent flowerstalks obviously cut back - it bloomed again by late September. 'Party Girl' is a deeper rose-pink than the wildflower species (to which its seedlings will revert).

We left this plant behind in our Pennsylvania garden (and wish it well); we don't grow it in Houston.

Seed for this plant is included on my seed trade list

One or more images of this plant are included in my stock photo catalog

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Seed-starting details for this plant

  1. Seed from '10 garden. Rubbed with sandpaper to remove husks and lightly scarify dark bean seeds. Baggy 70F (47+%G, 4-14d)
  2. Seed from '10 garden. Rubbed with sandpaper to remove husks and lightly scarify dark bean seeds. Baggy 70F (86%G, 7-14d)
  3. Seed from '12 garden. Rubbed with sandpaper as above. Baggy 70F (56%G, 7-13d)
  4. Seed from '13 garden. Rubbed with sandpaper as above. Baggy 70F (52%G, 7-13d)
  5. Seed from '13 garden. Rubbed with sandpaper as above. Baggy 70F (50%G, 7-12d)


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