General Plant Information (Edit)
Plant Habit: Herb/Forb
Life cycle: Perennial
Sun Requirements: Full Sun to Partial Shade
Water Preferences: Mesic
Minimum cold hardiness: Zone 3 -40 °C (-40 °F) to -37.2 °C (-35)
Maximum recommended zone: Zone 8b
Plant Height: 24 - 36 inches
Plant Spread: 18 - 24 inches
Flowers: Showy
Flower Color: Pink
Flower Time: Late spring or early summer
Summer
Late summer or early fall
Suitable Locations: Xeriscapic
Wildlife Attractant: Bees
Birds
Butterflies
Hummingbirds
Propagation: Seeds: Self fertile
Stratify seeds: if sowing indoors
Suitable for wintersowing
Sow in situ
Start indoors
Pollinators: Self
Bees

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Common names
  • Pink Musk Mallow
Botanical names
  • Accepted: Malva moschata
  • Synonym: Malva moschata var. rosea

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Date: 2018-06-30
Location: Canada

Courtesy Outsidepride
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Location: my garden zone 7A Cape Cod, MA
Date: 2017-06-29
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