One of our top 10 cutting flowers!
Undeterred by the heat, this sun lover thrives in summer's warmth and is not too picky in its care. Her tall spires produce bloom after bloom along sturdy stems. Malva sylvestris 'Zebrina' is one of the host plants for the Painted Lady butterfly and is a favorite stop for the hummingbirds in our gardens. It's also one of our most productive cutting flowers, yielding a huge number of long, showy stems over a long bloom window.
Lifecycle: perennial in average winters, gently self seeds
Sun Requirements: part to full sun
Water: average water, watering at ground level is preferred to reduce the chance of foliar disease
Height: grows 3-4' tall
Spacing: 18-24" apart, can be grown at 12" for intensive spacing