Mallow/French Hollyhock 'Brave Heart' Seeds (Naturally Grown)
$3.50
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SKU
GH2400
Brave Heart mallow is a cottage-garden standout with satiny, saucer-shaped lilac to mauve blooms vividly striped with royal-purple veins, a look that echoes a neater, better-behaved hollyhock.
Brave Heart mallow is a cottage-garden standout with satiny, saucer-shaped lilac to mauve blooms vividly striped with royal-purple veins, a look that echoes a neater, better-behaved hollyhock. A short-lived perennial or biennial often grown as an annual, it forms a bushy clump and sends up flowering spires roughly 3 to 5 feet tall that can bloom for months from summer into fall. Give it full sun and well-drained soil, then enjoy its toughness through heat, drought, and a wide range of soil types, with occasional staking if growth gets lush. Pollinators flock to the nectar-rich flowers, and if you let a few seedheads mature, it may self-sow for an easy encore season.
| Botanical Name | Malva sylvestris |
|---|---|
| Seeds Per Pack | 50 |
| Life Cycle | Perennial |
| Min. Time to Germinate | 15 Days |
| Max. Time to Germinate | 30 Days |
| Depth to Sow Seeds | 1/16 in. |
| When to Sow | Indoors 8-10 weeks before last spring frost, Outdoors after all danger of spring frost is past |
| Growing Height | 24-36 in. (60-90 cm) |
| Plant Spacing | 18-24 in. (45-60 cm) |
| Hardiness | USDA Zone 5a: to -15F, USDA Zone 5b: to -10F, USDA Zone 6a: to -5F, USDA Zone 6b: to 0F, USDA Zone 7a: to 5F, USDA Zone 7b: to 10F, USDA Zone 8a: to 15F, USDA Zone 8b: to 20F |
| Sun Exposure | Full Sun, Sun to Partial Shade |
| Danger | N/A |
| Bloom Color | Magenta (Pink-Purple), Pale Pink |
| Bloom Time | Late Spring/Early Summer, Late Summer/Early Fall, Mid-Fall, Mid-Summer |
| Foliage | Herbaceous |
| Other Details | Average Water Needs; Water regularly; do not overwater |
| Soil pH Requirements | 6.1 to 6.5 (mildly acidic), 6.6 to 7.5 (neutral) |
| Propagation Methods | From seed; direct sow after last frost, From seed; direct sow outdoors in fall, From seed; sow indoors before last frost |
| Seed Collecting | Allow pods to dry on plant; break open to collect seeds |
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