Marsh-Mallow
Formats
The Marsh-Mallow has been known ever since Antiquity for its medicinal properties and its culinary uses. The roots, leaves and flowers can be used in maceration, plasters, ointments, and as herbal tea and syrup. The essential oil extracted has decongestant, diuritic and healing properties. The roots can be boiled and eaten as a vegetable.
Receipe of an herbal tea of leaves and flowers: 5gr. per cup. Boil it for 10 minutes and drink three cups a day to relieve bronchitis, asthma, cold and pleurisy.
Erect stems 1.2 m high, simple, or putting out only a few lateral branches. The leaves, shortly petioled, are roundish and ovate-cordate. They are soft and velvety on both sides. The flowers are shaped like those of the common Mallow, but are smaller with pale colour.
Soak the seeds in cool water for 48 hours before sowing at temperatures of 18ºC/22ºC.
Use
Essential Oil, Balcony & Courtyard, Edges, Culinary, Edible flower, Gardening, Herbs garden, Urban garden, Coastal garden, Baskets & Containers, Clump, Medicinal
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Flowering
| Flower colour | White, Pink |
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| Flowering period | April, May, June, July, August, September, Spring, Summer |
Foliage
| Foliage persistence | Evergreen |
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Botanical information
| Common name | ALTHAEA OFFICINALIS - Marsh-Mallow |
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When to plant?
| Sowing period | March, April, May, Spring |
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| Germination (days) | 15-20 |
| Average germination (%) | 80 |
| Seeds per gram | 1.000 |
Where to plant?
| Type of use | Essential Oil, Balcony & Courtyard, Edges, Culinary, Edible flower, Gardening, Herbs garden, Urban garden, Coastal garden, Baskets & Containers, Clump, Medicinal |
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| Soil pH | Alkaline, Neutral |
| Soil type | Potting mix |
| Hardiness | No drought resistant, Hardy (tolerates temperatures down to -5ºC) |
| Climate zone | Temperate maritime, Warm areas |
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