Flowers mallow - decorative plant in your country house

Prosvirnik (malva) - a valuable decorativeA plant with huge leaves of round shape and with large velvet flowers. Beautiful mallow flowers live about two years, grow to two meters and have very long roots. Incredible combination of various shades allows them to admire only until the end of August, after which the flowering stops. The Malvian family is quite large, for example, the altey plant belongs to it.

Varieties:

• Malva Sudanese is the representative of the hibiscus family.
• Musk, or as it is also called - Muscat -this is a beautiful decorative plant, growing to about one meter in height. The mallow flower is very beautiful, it can be white, pink. In loose form, it can be up to five centimeters in diameter. These flowers look very gently and quite effectively. They were called so because of the smell of musk in the smell. Flowering occurs, as in all members of this family, from mid-June to late August. This species includes a low plant with white flowers - "White Tower". Its peculiarity is that flowering occurs for a long time, up to the first frosts.
• Malva forest differs from its relatives in that it can reach a height of 120 centimeters. Most often such an ornamental plant livesabout a year, but many believe that this species can exist twice as long. The flowers of the mallow are very beautiful, have a pinkish hue with purple insets. There are several varieties of this species. For example, large, spreading flowers of tender pink color with red veins have the Zebrin variety. Also here comes the gloomy, but rather elegant "Black Mother of Pearl".
• Another representative is mallow stock-pink. It grows only 90 centimeters in height. Its magnificence pleases quite a short time, abundant flowering occurs a little later than the rest - from July to August.

Care

That the plant lived as long as possible, about itneed to take care. For this, it is necessary to plant the seedlings in well-fertilized soil. Also, mallow flowers require a lot of water and plenty of sunlight. Poorly tolerate natural phenomena such as wind, so they are preferable to protect it. Although the plant is hygrophilous, irrigation should be rational, since stagnant waters will only harm it.

Application

Malva flowers are widely used to createlarge bouquets. In the composed composition, the nearby plants come to life. Also very bright, noticeable from afar, it serves as a beautiful flower bed decoration.

Seeds are not the cheapest, but a variety of colors andA stunning fragrance allows you to enjoy and admire flowers all summer long. In addition, it is used for cooking tinctures, which can be used both externally and indoors. The broth is good for cough and sore throat. The root of the mallow is a long-standing remedy that is used today.

Reproduction

Like most flowers, the mallow breeds withusing seeds and cuttings. They are planted in the soil from May to June. Grow this plant quite simply, for which most gardeners love it. A great danger for them is slugs, after the invasion of which they may perish. Also, do not put this delicate flower in front of metal fences, as the plant can develop rust.