i grow them in my garden and great privacy plant. i got one as a present it was small and i thought not much of it but it grew very rapidly and offers lots of privacy hence i got more to escape praying eyes of neighbours. i love it and bees loves it too.
Oh, the black mallow is gorgeous! I tried to grow marshmallow but failed. So far only one company carries marshmallow seeds in my country and its soooo expensive. I have seen several company selling mallow seeds so i'll try them for now. Would be great if i can find a black one too
It's my first year growing a burgandy wine mallow and it's approx 1 Meter high but has flopped forward. I have staked it best I can, but is this normal please? And do I prune it back in the autumn in the UK? Thanks for your time. Davena
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Really informative, thank you! Which would you say is the best for tea? The marshmallow? Or are they all equal with regards to taste and medicinal properties? 🌺
Thanks! I believe the Marshmallow is the only medicinal one for leaves and root. It's easy to dry the leaves and have plenty of the tea for the winter.They all have more or less the same flavor but only the wood mallow has a decent texture.
@@billyboskancha3414 Now that you said it, Holly Hocks are similar alright but herbaceous perennial whereas the Mallows are woody. Plus their latin name is Alcea and the mallow are called Malva.
@@GardensforLife The "black mallow" looked like a specific hollyhock cultivar sometimes used as a dye plant but more commonly as an ornamental (in the USA at least). Common names are regional and ambiguous. While Malva are always called by "adjective(s) + mallow," mallow is also part of the common names of vast numbers of plants in the Hibiscus family (especially senso stricto: plants in the former Chocolate or Bombax/Baobab families rarely get such names). Corchorus olitorius (currently considered to be in the basswood/linden subfamily so not senso stricto, but the mucilaginous foliage is used like Malva and the pods are pickled like tiny okra) is "jute mallow," a popular fiber (stems) and vegetable (foliage) in South Asia and East Africa (& to a lesser extent broader Arab cultures due to Egyptian influence) that is growing in popularity in subtropical and tropical areas where more familiar temperate Eurasian vegetables are at best winter crops and often simply dead. The western USA wildflowers in genus Spaeralcea are "globe mallows," and they have another wildflower genus called "checker mallows." Callirhoe (mostly east of the Continental Divide) are "poppy mallows." The superlative ornamental swamp Hibiscus (Hibiscus mochuetsos, laevis, their close relatives and hybrids) are known as "rose mallows." We also have a "Kankakee mallow," though the genus escapes me at the moment. Most Malva that have escaped in the USA are herbaceous, like Alcea (though A. rosea is a biennial and most Malva are either short-lived perennials or annuals [one Chinese vegetable, and possibly the lawn weed, "least mallow"]).
No, but all the other mallows must have been bred from it as it's the original. Here's what wikipedia says: Malva neglecta is an annual growing to 0.6 m (2 ft). It is also known as common mallow in the United States and also buttonweed, cheeseplant, cheeseweed, dwarf mallow and roundleaf mallow. This plant is often consumed as a food, with its leaves, stalks and seed all being considered edible.
i grow them in my garden and great privacy plant. i got one as a present it was small and i thought not much of it but it grew very rapidly and offers lots of privacy hence i got more to escape praying eyes of neighbours. i love it and bees loves it too.
Thanks for your comment! Some of our marshmallows and wood mallows grow huge, about 2.5 meter tall.
Love a mallow, you sure do get plenty of bang for your buck!
Thank you for an informative video.
Oh, the black mallow is gorgeous! I tried to grow marshmallow but failed. So far only one company carries marshmallow seeds in my country and its soooo expensive. I have seen several company selling mallow seeds so i'll try them for now. Would be great if i can find a black one too
We have found marshmallow to be the hardiest once it gets going. Definitely worth growing as it lasts for many years, it's nice and medicinal. :D
Hi what time of the year do u prune it ? Is it ok to prune in August ( i'm in SE Of England)
It's my first year growing a burgandy wine mallow and it's approx 1 Meter high but has flopped forward. I have staked it best I can, but is this normal please? And do I prune it back in the autumn in the UK? Thanks for your time. Davena
Wow! Great video! I subscribed to your channel just because of how good this one was. I am anxious to go back and check out your other videos. God bless!
Thanks for watching and for your comment!
Really informative, thank you! Which would you say is the best for tea? The marshmallow? Or are they all equal with regards to taste and medicinal properties? 🌺
Thanks! I believe the Marshmallow is the only medicinal one for leaves and root. It's easy to dry the leaves and have plenty of the tea for the winter.They all have more or less the same flavor but only the wood mallow has a decent texture.
@@GardensforLife great! Thank you for the reply 😁
Damn you Europeans, how high is 1-2 meters??
@@christineribone9351 haha :).
I had no idea there was a woody stemmed mallow. It's beautiful. Yours is huge! Love the flowers. They have a Hollyhock look to them.
Thanks for watching! :D
Holly hockey is a mallow
@@billyboskancha3414 Now that you said it, Holly Hocks are similar alright but herbaceous perennial whereas the Mallows are woody. Plus their latin name is Alcea and the mallow are called Malva.
@@GardensforLife The "black mallow" looked like a specific hollyhock cultivar sometimes used as a dye plant but more commonly as an ornamental (in the USA at least).
Common names are regional and ambiguous. While Malva are always called by "adjective(s) + mallow," mallow is also part of the common names of vast numbers of plants in the Hibiscus family (especially senso stricto: plants in the former Chocolate or Bombax/Baobab families rarely get such names). Corchorus olitorius (currently considered to be in the basswood/linden subfamily so not senso stricto, but the mucilaginous foliage is used like Malva and the pods are pickled like tiny okra) is "jute mallow," a popular fiber (stems) and vegetable (foliage) in South Asia and East Africa (& to a lesser extent broader Arab cultures due to Egyptian influence) that is growing in popularity in subtropical and tropical areas where more familiar temperate Eurasian vegetables are at best winter crops and often simply dead. The western USA wildflowers in genus Spaeralcea are "globe mallows," and they have another wildflower genus called "checker mallows." Callirhoe (mostly east of the Continental Divide) are "poppy mallows." The superlative ornamental swamp Hibiscus (Hibiscus mochuetsos, laevis, their close relatives and hybrids) are known as "rose mallows." We also have a "Kankakee mallow," though the genus escapes me at the moment.
Most Malva that have escaped in the USA are herbaceous, like Alcea (though A. rosea is a biennial and most Malva are either short-lived perennials or annuals [one Chinese vegetable, and possibly the lawn weed, "least mallow"]).
@@erikjohnson9223 Are there any long lived mallows? Stephen Barstow says his musk mallow lived twelve years.
Good man.. Its a plenty in my space
are hollyhocks mallows?
Is malva neglcta the same?
No, but all the other mallows must have been bred from it as it's the original. Here's what wikipedia says: Malva neglecta is an annual growing to 0.6 m (2 ft). It is also known as common mallow in the United States and also buttonweed, cheeseplant, cheeseweed, dwarf mallow and roundleaf mallow. This plant is often consumed as a food, with its leaves, stalks and seed all being considered edible.
@@GardensforLifeIntriguing, How do you know its the original? Are there Any online sites that say that?
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Damn you Europeans, how high is 1-2 meters??
Lol i understand your pain :D A foot is 30cm, 1 meter is 100cm. so 1-2 meters is 3.5-6.5 feet