Mallow Musk Pale Pink - Mr. Fothergill's

Malva moschata

• Hardy Perennial
• Full Sun
• Attracts bees and butterflies
• Flowers the year after sowing.
• Bushy, with lightly musk scented leaves.
• Easy to grow bushy plants for borders and cutting
  

An exotic looking bloom, composed of a light pale pink which contrasts with dark pink veins that run along the petals. A hardy perennial that prefers to be grown outdoors in a full sun environment and likes a finely prepared soil which has been watered. This flower is great for producing pollen and suitable for attracting bees and butterflies. You can expect flowering between the beginning and end of summer. This bloom can be sown in the end of summer-beginning of autumn or the beginning to end of spring.

Approx. 250 seeds

Sow indoor: for surest result, 0.5cm(1/4in) deep, in trays of compost. Water well and place in a cold frame, unheated greenhouse or on a cool windowsill. Seedlings appear in 14-42 days. Transplant seedling 5cm(2in) apart to further trays when large enough to handle. Gradually accustom young plants to outside conditions before planting out 25cm(10in) apart (avoiding frosts). 

Sow outdoors: in a seed bed, 0.5cm(1/4in) deep into finely prepared soil which has already been watered. Thin seedlings to 5cm(2in) apart before planting out to flowering positions in spring or autumn, spacing 25cm(10in) apart.