Types and varieties of mallow for your garden
Agree that a slender row of tall mallow peduncles with multi-colored buds looks simply gorgeous. Types and varieties of mallow allow every gardener to choose plants for the soul. Some people like undersized bushes that can be planted even in a common flower bed. Others prefer to grow high varieties, placing them in splendid isolation or to mask an unsightly fence. We bring to your attention a small selection of the most popular varieties and varieties of this plant.
Types and varieties of mallow
There are more than fifty plant varieties that have the most varied color of inflorescences. Among them there are both simple mallow with large buds from one row of petals, and terry varieties with stuffed inflorescences. Some species grow as annual crops, but most are biennials. There are even perennial mallows that delight with their flowering for more than one season.
Annual mallow
One of the most ancient plant species is the forest mallow, which gave life to many hybrid varieties. It can form compact bushes from 30 cm in height with a lodging stem. There are also mallows with straight shoots up to 130 cm in height. The forest mallow blooms with large bells, the diameter of which reaches 12 cm. On the oblong petals there are veins characteristic of the species of a darker color than the main color. There are varieties with simple or double buds, and the color represents all the colors of the rainbow, from white to almost black. Flowering lasts all summer.
Forest mallow is grown as an annual plant, although according to the biological development cycle it is more related to biennials.
Very beautiful such varieties:
- Zebrina with large pale pink inflorescences and a burgundy core.
- Black mother-of-pearl with dark purple flowers about 7 cm in diameter with black stripes.
Perennial mallow
Of the perennial species, the following mallows are most often found:
- Sudanese (aka Sabdariffa, hibiscus). It is grown for the fruits that are used for brewing tea and drinks. It can be shrubby and tree-like.
- Hybrid. Differs in the presence of several stems in a plant up to 2 m high. Inflorescences are pink or white, double, large. Blooms from early summer to early autumn. Varieties: Chaters Double, Gibortello, Powder Pafs.
- Musky (aka nutmeg). A compact plant no higher than 1 m in height. The flowers are also small, a maximum of 5 cm in diameter, but very fragrant, white or pink. Varieties: White and Pink towers 70 cm high with simple buds of the corresponding color, blooming until late autumn.
- Wrinkled (aka alcea wrinkled). It grows up to 2 m, blooms with small yellow inflorescences.
- Mallow stock-pink. This is the name of a perennial garden form of culture less than 1 m high. It can be simple or full. Varieties: Terry Chaters Double Strain, Simple Single Mix, Tall Powder Poofs Mixed, Dwarf Majeret Mixed.
When choosing the type and variety of mallow for yourself, it must be borne in mind that almost all forest mallow is annual, and other varieties are mostly perennial. However, thanks to breeders, perennial forest mallow can also be found, and vice versa.