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Annual salad crop. The plant is sometimes more than 2 m high, the stem is densely covered with delicate juicy corrugated leaves up to 10 cm in diameter. It is difficult to list all types of dishes where mallow can be used. The leaves have a taste reminiscent of cutlets; raw they are good in salads, boiled in soups and borscht, fried as spinach and an additive to minced meat for cutlets, wrapped in cabbage rolls, etc. The plant is decorative, well suited for creating a green background on the site. It is also used as a medicine for diabetes and colds.

The homeland of curly mallow (Malva crispa) is China. There this plant has long been known as a food, medicinal and ornamental plant. It’s hard to believe that this plant is an annual when in the middle of summer you look at a huge two-meter bush, behind which you can hide - it is so densely green. It is the greenery that gives curly mallow its decorative appearance: large (the size of a plate), wavy leaves with a fringe along the edge.

The flowers of the mallow are small, white-pink, numerous, collected in bunches in the axils of the leaves and branches; bloom from July until frost. The fruits ripen in September. They look like “balls” made of round (tablet-like) seeds. In Rus' they were compared to prosphora or prosvira. This is a church bread, made up of several parts, with which Christians perform the rite of communion. This similarity is due to the ancient name of the plant - mallow. In the rest of the world, according to the botanical classification, it is called “mallow”.

The healing properties of plants from the mallow family were known back in the 6th century BC to Hippocrates. And now it has been established that their leaves contain a lot of mucus, carbohydrates, vitamin C, and tannins. An infusion of flowers and leaves is used internally and for gargling during inflammatory processes in the respiratory tract. Externally in the form of ointments, poultices and baths, mallow is prescribed for skin irritation, tumors, burns, ulcers, eczema, and hemorrhoids.

Curly mallow is not difficult to grow. Considering its enormous size, I try to give it a place where it would not interfere with other plants, and at the same time show its decorative qualities to the maximum. This is possible if the plantings are placed along the fence, near the compost heap, near the toilet, barn and other outbuildings. Green giants form a hedge, protecting the area from cold winds and shielding unsightly places in the garden from view. I sow the seeds in early spring: I place several in holes 3 cm deep, every 70-80 cm. After the shoots emerge, I leave one of the strongest plants in the hole, and pluck out the rest. During the period of active growth, timely watering and fertilizing with nitrogen fertilizers (mullein, urea, ammonium nitrate, etc.) are important. Mallow grows very quickly - in the second half of July the plants reach their maximum size. The stems of the mallow plant are very thick (up to 5 cm at the base) and do not require garter.

Mallow remains green not just until frost, but until real frost. All this time, its leaves can be used for food. They have a pleasant, neutral, slightly sweet taste. You can prepare a wide variety of dishes from them. Mallow is good in salads, raw and boiled. When there is no time to prepare a salad, I take a leaf of mallow, put on it 1-2 stalks of tarragon, dill, parsley or lovage, a leaf of spinach, oat root or scorzonera, 2-3 feathers of some onion (chives, oblique, wild garlic) , I roll everything up into a tube and eat it with a slice of bread. And for half a day I don’t remember about food.

With mallow leaves you can prepare very tasty first courses: soup, cabbage soup, botvinya, okroshka. Here is a family recipe for okroshka: boil 400 g of leaves in salted water, cool and chop coarsely; chop radish or radish on a coarse grater (about 400 g); chop 5-6 boiled potatoes, a couple of cucumbers; pour 2 liters of chilled kvass; Serve with half a boiled egg, dill and sour cream.

Of the main courses, I would like to mention cabbage rolls first of all. And this is in July! Everything in them is as usual, only a mallow leaf is used instead of a cabbage leaf; and should be served with hot sauce. You can cook delicious scrambled eggs very quickly: simmer coarsely chopped leaves a little with tomatoes, mix with onions fried in vegetable oil, make holes, break an egg into each, keep on low heat until the whites coagulate, divide into portions and sprinkle with finely chopped spicy herbs.

An excellent filling for pies and dumplings is prepared as follows: boil the leaves for a couple of minutes, chop, simmer for 5 minutes in oil, mix with an equal amount of cottage cheese, feta cheese or grated cheese, add a little spicy herbs that go with dairy products (mint, catnip, snakehead, lofant, savory, hyssop).

Mallow leaves the table in our family all year round. In August I dry the leaves on racks under a canopy. If they don’t dry to the point of brittleness in two days, then I dry them in the oven and grind them into powder. It is convenient to store in glass jars and easy to use. Add this powder to soups, sauces, gravies, and minced meat for cutlets and dumplings.

Curly mallow or curly mallow is an annual food, medicinal and ornamental plant native to China. Royal curls - this is the beautiful name of Moorish mallow, no less beautiful than the name itself. This is a powerful plant up to 3 meters high with very beautiful large five-lobed leaves, edged with a wide ribbon of fringed corrugated flounces. The leaves reach 25 cm in width. To camouflage outbuildings and hide plantings from prying eyes, entire alleys of these “curly” fast-growing giants can be planted.
It’s hard to believe that this plant is an annual when in the middle of summer you look at a huge two-meter bush that you can hide behind - it’s so densely green. It is the leaves that give the curly mallow its decorative appearance - large (about the size of a plate), wavy, and even with a fringe along the edge.

Its flowers are small, white-pink, numerous, collected in bunches in the axils of leaves and branches; bloom from July until frost. The fruits ripen in September. They look like “balls” made of round (tablet-like) seeds. In Rus' they were compared to prosphora or prosvira. This is a church bread, made up of several parts, with which Christians perform the rite of communion. This similarity is due to the ancient Russian name of the plant - mallow. In former times it was common in Russia. In different provinces he was called differently: distribute the potion, chestnut, gorodina, curly mug, skulochnik, large zhinziver, shlyas. In the rest of the world, according to the botanical classification, it is called “mallow”.

Mallow remains green not just until frost, but until real frost. And I can’t even believe that such seemingly delicate, salad-colored leaves can be so resistant to our weather conditions. All this time, its leaves can be used for food; they have a pleasant, slightly sweet taste. You can prepare a wide variety of dishes from them.

Mallow is good both raw and boiled

Mallow is good both fresh, boiled (in soups), and stewed with green beans.

Recipe Mallow leaf salad: On a leaf of parsley put 1...2 stalks of tarragon, dill, parsley or lovage, a leaf of spinach, oat root or scorzonera, 2...3 feathers of some onion (chives, oblique, wild garlic), rolled into a tube and eaten with a slice of bread . You won’t remember about food for half a day.

With mallow leaves you can prepare delicious first courses: soup, cabbage soup, okroshka.
Here is one of the recipes okroshka: Boil 400 grams of leaves in salted water, cool and chop coarsely; chop radish or radish on a coarse grater (about 400 g); chop 5...6 boiled potatoes, a couple of cucumbers; pour 2 liters of chilled kvass; Serve with half a boiled egg, dill and sour cream.

Of the second courses, first of all cabbage rolls– instead of a cabbage leaf, a mallow leaf is used.

Very easy to prepare scrambled eggs- stew coarsely chopped leaves with tomatoes, mix with onions fried in vegetable oil, make holes, crack an egg into each, keep on low heat until the whites coagulate, divide into portions and sprinkle with finely chopped spicy herbs.

Beautiful filling for pies and dumplings It is prepared as follows: boil the leaves for a couple of minutes, chop, simmer for 5 minutes in oil, mix with an equal amount of cottage cheese, feta cheese or grated cheese, add a little spicy herbs that go with dairy products (mint, catnip, snakehead, lofant, savory, hyssop).

In August, the leaves can be dried on racks under a canopy. If they do not dry to the point of brittleness in two days, then they are dried in the oven and ground into powder. It is convenient to store in glass jars and easy to use. You can add it to soups, sauces, gravies, minced meat for cutlets and dumplings.

Care boils down to removing weeds and watering in severe drought.

Curly mallow is not difficult to grow. Considering its enormous size, it is necessary to give it a place where it would not interfere with other plants, and at the same time show its decorative qualities to the maximum. This is possible if the plantings are placed along the fence, near the compost heap, near the toilet, barn and other outbuildings.

Green giants form a hedge, protecting the area from cold winds and shielding unsightly places in the garden from view.

Seeds are sown in early spring: several are placed in holes 3 cm deep, every 70-80 cm.
After the shoots appear (the shoots appear on the 8th–10th day), one of the strongest plants is left in the hole, and the rest are plucked out. Plants develop quickly. During the period of active growth, timely watering and fertilizing with nitrogen fertilizers (mullein, urea, ammonium nitrate, etc.) are important.

You can grow mallow through seedlings. Dry or soaked in a special preparation (epin, immunocytophyte, etc.) seeds are sown for seedlings in a small container with soil in early April. When dense shoots appear, thin them out, discarding the weakest seedlings. Care for them in the same way as for seedlings of other crops. Plant seedlings in the ground after frost, maintaining a distance of 30 cm between holes and first throwing handfuls of humus into each pair.

Mallow grows very quickly - in the second half of July the plants reach their maximum size. The stems of the mallow plant are very thick (up to 5 cm at the base) and do not require garter.

Mallow has long been known as a medicinal plant.

The healing properties of plants of the malvaceae family were known back in the 6th century BC
Hippocrates. It was successfully used in Chinese and Tibetan medicine in the treatment of bronchopulmonary diseases and pulmonary tuberculosis. And now it has been established that their leaves contain a lot of mucus, carbohydrates, vitamin C, and tannins. An infusion of flowers and leaves is used internally and for gargling during inflammatory processes in the respiratory tract. Externally in the form of ointments, poultices and baths, mallow is prescribed for skin irritation, tumors, burns, ulcers, eczema, and hemorrhoids.

Here are some recipes:

1. 1 tablespoon of chopped herbs per 1 glass of water, boil for 3-4 minutes, leave for 1 hour, strain. Take 1/3 cup warm for acute respiratory infections, flu, bronchitis. It can be used as a lotion for burns, for washing the eyes for conjunctivitis, blepharitis, only the solution must be prepared more concentrated.

2. 10 g of crushed root per 1 glass of cold boiled water, leave for 8 hours, strain. Take 2 tablespoons 4-5 times a day for inflammation of the upper respiratory tract, flu, nephritis, cystitis, bronchitis, pneumonia, bronchial asthma.

Mallow is probably familiar to many. Along roads, near fences, and in vacant lots one can find an inconspicuous plant with reclining stems. This is a low mallow. Perhaps someone in childhood feasted on “kalachiki” - its unripe fruits. But now we will talk about another, cultivated plant.

The homeland of curly mallow (Malva crispa) is China. There this plant has long been known as a food, medicinal and ornamental plant. It’s hard to believe that this plant is an annual when in the middle of summer you look at a huge two-meter bush, behind which you can hide - it is so densely green. It is the greenery that gives curly mallow its decorative appearance: large (the size of a plate), wavy leaves with a fringe along the edge.

The flowers of the mallow are small, white-pink, numerous, collected in bunches in the axils of the leaves and branches; bloom from July until frost. The fruits ripen in September. They look like “balls” made of round (tablet-like) seeds. In Rus' they were compared to prosphora or prosvira. This is a church bread, made up of several parts, with which Christians perform the rite of communion. This similarity is due to the ancient name of the plant - mallow. In the rest of the world, according to the botanical classification, it is called “mallow”.

The healing properties of plants from the mallow family were known back in the 6th century BC to Hippocrates. And now it has been established that their leaves contain a lot of mucus, carbohydrates, vitamin C, and tannins. An infusion of flowers and leaves is used internally and for gargling during inflammatory processes in the respiratory tract. Externally in the form of ointments, poultices and baths, mallow is prescribed for skin irritation, tumors, burns, ulcers, eczema, and hemorrhoids.

Curly mallow is not difficult to grow. Considering its enormous size, I try to give it a place where it would not interfere with other plants, and at the same time show its decorative qualities to the maximum. This is possible if the plantings are placed along the fence, near the compost heap, near the toilet, barn and other outbuildings. Green giants form a hedge, protecting the area from cold winds and shielding unsightly places in the garden from view. I sow the seeds in early spring: I place several in holes 3 cm deep, every 70-80 cm. After the shoots emerge, I leave one of the strongest plants in the hole, and pluck out the rest. During the period of active growth, timely watering and fertilizing with nitrogen fertilizers (mullein, urea, ammonium nitrate, etc.) are important. Mallow grows very quickly - in the second half of July the plants reach their maximum size. The stems of the mallow plant are very thick (up to 5 cm at the base) and do not require garter.

Mallow remains green not just until frost, but until real frost. All this time, its leaves can be used for food. They have a pleasant, neutral, slightly sweet taste. You can prepare a wide variety of dishes from them. Mallow is good in salads, raw and boiled. When there is no time to prepare a salad, I take a leaf of mallow, put 1-2 stalks of tarragon, dill, parsley or lovage on it, a spinach leaf, or 2-3 feathers of some onion (chives, oblique, wild garlic), roll everything up I put it in a tube and eat it with a slice of bread. And for half a day I don’t remember about food.

With mallow leaves you can prepare very tasty first courses: soup, cabbage soup, botvinya, okroshka. Here is a family recipe for okroshka: boil 400 g of leaves in salted water, cool and chop coarsely; chop radish or radish on a coarse grater (about 400 g); chop 5-6 boiled potatoes, a couple of cucumbers; pour 2 liters of chilled kvass; Serve with half a boiled egg, dill and sour cream.

Of the main courses, I would like to mention cabbage rolls first of all. And this is in July! Everything in them is as usual, only a mallow leaf is used instead of a cabbage leaf; and should be served with hot sauce. You can cook delicious scrambled eggs very quickly: simmer coarsely chopped leaves a little with tomatoes, mix with onions fried in vegetable oil, make holes, break an egg into each, keep on low heat until the whites coagulate, divide into portions and sprinkle with finely chopped spicy herbs.

An excellent filling for pies and dumplings is prepared as follows: boil the leaves for a couple of minutes, chop, simmer for 5 minutes in oil, mix with an equal amount of cottage cheese, feta cheese or grated cheese, add a little spicy herbs that go with dairy products (mint, catnip, snakehead, lofant, savory, hyssop).

Mallow leaves the table in our family all year round. In August I dry the leaves on racks under a canopy. If they don’t dry to the point of brittleness in two days, then I dry them in the oven and grind them into powder. It is convenient to store in glass jars and easy to use. Add this powder to soups, sauces, gravies, and minced meat for cutlets and dumplings.

Mallow (curly mallow) is cultivated in many countries of Asia, Europe, and America. In former times it was also common in Russia. In different provinces he was called differently: distribute the potion, chestnut, gorodina, curly mug, skulochnik, large zhinziver, shlyas. In the manual, republished dozens of times, by R.I. Schroeder's "Russian vegetable garden, nursery, orchard", first published in 1877, curly mallow is discussed in the section "Spinach Plants".

Nowadays this culture is almost forgotten among us. Let's revive it together! I will gladly send curly mallow seeds to anyone who wants them. They, as well as the seeds of more than 200 other rare plants, can be ordered from the catalog. Send a stamped envelope with your address and you will receive a free catalog in it. My address: 634024, Tomsk, st. 5th Army, 29 – 33 – Anisimov Gennady Pavlovich. The catalog can also be received by e-mail - send a request to E-mail: [email protected]

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There are many genera and up to 260 species in the family.
Bright and large flowers of the plants delight the eye from July to autumn. In summer we are impressed by the lush blooms, and in autumn the areas are decorated with tall candles strewn with large flowers.

The family includes both annual and perennial varieties. Aliens from different continents, they have firmly established themselves in our gardens. It's hard to imagine a site without them.

Many gardeners are confident that it is precisely this that grows on their plots. mallow. However, under this name there are quite a lot of different representatives of the malvaceae family, and mainly stock-rose, lavatera.

So what are their differences? How to grow properly these flowers?
Mallow/mallow/.

Popularly it has quite a lot of names - royal curls, mallow, kalachiki, bib, curly mug, mallow, forest marshmallow, gorodina, skulochnik, shlyas, distribute the potion, mallow forest, mallow musky. That's how many names! In different areas it was called differently, but the essence is the same.

The homeland is considered to be the temperate zone of the European Caucasus and Asia.
Externally it differs from lavatera and hollyhock roses in dissected leaves and notched flower petals.

A one- or two-year plant, up to 1 meter high with an erect, branched stem. The basal leaves are oval-heart-shaped, on long petioles. The stem leaves have short petioles, and the leaves themselves are pinnately dissected. Flowers from 1 to 3 pieces are located in the axils of the leaves.

Flower petals are up to 3 cm long, notched at the edges, pink, with dark veins. The root system is fibrous.
The flower is named “mallow” because of the shape of the fruit. In Ancient Rus' they were compared to prosvira - church bread, folded from several parts, with which Christians performed the rite of communion.

Althea.
The most popular representative in the mallow family. Popularly it has several names - marshmallow grass, marshmallow root, kalachiki, mallow, etc.
Perennial; in gardens it is grown as a biennial.

Up to 1.5 meters in height with a short, fleshy, slightly branched, smooth root of a brownish color. The leaves are gray-green, ovate or heart-shaped, serrated along the edges, slightly velvety to the touch. The flowers are pale pink, with five petals. Located at the top of the stems, in the axils of the leaves. This arrangement creates the image of an ear. Blooms from June to September.

Lavatera/khatma/.


Quite a common plant in areas. Distributed in Asia, the Mediterranean, North America, Australia. Annual, biennial and perennial herbaceous plants, rarely shrubs. Powerful, branched, with erect stems, 1 to 2 meters high. The leaves are lobed, similar to maple leaves, and velvety to the touch. The flowers are large, white, pink, purple, and rarely yellow. They form spike-shaped inflorescences at the top of the stem.


The most famous are Lavatera three-month-old /garden rose/ and Lavatera Thuringiana /dog rose/.


Lavatera three months is an annual flowering from July to autumn. Its lower leaves are heart-shaped with a serrated edge, and its upper leaves are three-five-lobed.


Lavatera Thuringiensis is a perennial plant. Can reach a height of 2 meters. Flowers can grow up to 10 cm in diameter. The lower leaves are lobed, the upper leaves are entire. Perennial lavatera is more capricious than annual one.


The stem is a rose.


Biennial or perennial plant. In the plots it is grown mainly as a 2-year-old plant. Has a long tap root. The height of the stems can reach 2-2.5 meters. Requires support. The leaves are round, 3-5 lobed. The flowers are large, forming spike-shaped inflorescences. Flowering continues from June-July until frost. Propagated by seeds. Flowers can be simple, semi-double, double.


My stock roses, having reached a height of 2.5 meters and formed many additional stems, fell from their own weight when there were gusts of wind, turning out of the ground along with the roots. The sticks just didn't suit them for support. I had to use a picket fence, 3-4 pieces per bush, and hold the plants on a kind of guy wire. This feature should always be taken into account and planted in a place protected from the wind.


Sidalcea.


A rare guest on our sites. Originally from North America. Perennial. A rhizomatous plant with an erect stem, reaching a height of 1-2 meters. The leaves are palmately divided, with long petioles. The flowers are pink; form a spike-shaped inflorescence at the top of the stem. Blooms from late July to September.


I think we've sorted out the mallow family.


In principle, they differ from each other a little.


Their methods of growing and caring for them are the same.



All of them are light-loving, drought-resistant, and unpretentious. They are not picky about the soil, but they still grow better in loose, not acidic, not very rich. Flowering in such soil will be more abundant and intense. On the contrary, in well-fertilized soil, malvaceaes will grow tall, have huge leaves and a small number of flowers.

The main feature of plants is their absolute intolerance to the proximity of groundwater. In this case, their roots turn into “jelly”.


Reproduction.


Plants of the mallow family are mainly grown as biennials. In spring, the seeds are sown in holes or grooves to a depth of 3 cm. The seeds are quite large. I grow seedlings in greenhouses. Before emergence, greenhouses are covered with film or frames. Seeds germinate in 2 weeks. After growing, the seedlings are transplanted to a permanent place, at a distance of 30-40 cm from each other.


Considering their dislike for excess moisture, the place is chosen higher, with good drainage.
During a long hot period, plants need abundant and regular watering. If the soil is very poor, then you can feed them with nitrogen fertilizers (mullein, ammonium nitrate, urea) once every 1-2 months.


These beauties grow very quickly and reach their maximum size by the 2nd half of July.


Diseases and pests.


I have never seen pests on them. And diseases can be affected by rust or powdery mildew due to being in a hot, humid environment.


Preparations containing sulfur can be used against powdery mildew.


When affected by rust, yellow or brown spots form on the underside of the leaves. If treatment with appropriate fungicides does not help with this disease, the entire plant must be destroyed. And mallows should not be planted in this place for several years.


All varieties of the mallow family look spectacular in flower beds next to plants with purple and blue flowers, for example, delphiniums and verbenas. They also look good with irises and roses.


In addition to decorative appeal, mallow/mallow/ can be used in folk medicine.


Here she is, different, mallow! Both a gorgeous flower and a folk healer.


P.S. All photos show my stock roses and lavatera.

Who doesn't know mallow? It’s hard to imagine a Ukrainian tyn or a Cossack front garden without mallow. And even here in the north, this is one of our favorite ornamental flowering plants.

Bright and large mallow flowers delight the eye for a long time in the garden and create a special, “country” or “country” mood. Summer is in full swing - the mallow is blooming wildly in the garden... Autumn is ahead - and the garden is decorated with tall candles strewn with large mallow flowers...

What do we know about “mallow”? A tall (up to 2 or even sometimes up to 3 m in height) one-, two- or perennial herbaceous plant with large pink or red flowers... But it turns out that this name “hides” many completely different plants from this family.

And many will be surprised that few people actually grow mallow, in the botanical sense, and in our gardens it is mainly rose holly, or khatma, or mallow that grows. And I think that many of our readers will even be “indignant”, confident that mallow certainly grows in their gardens! However, as we know, “all that glitters is not gold.” And this certainly applies to many mallows. The mallow family includes about 70 genera, from 180 to 260 species. Many genera are very popular in our country as ornamental plants, and some are used as medicinal and dyeing plants.

The most popular malvaceae used as medicinal plants is Althaea. Marshmallow - Althaea officinalis: popular names: mallow, marshmallow, gulkhetmi, tukht, marshmallow grass, marshmallow root, rolls, mallow, povoinik, mucus, cat's erysipelas, forest erysipelas, dog's erysipelas, gingerbread, flatbread.

A perennial plant up to 150 cm high. The rhizome is short, multi-headed; fleshy, thickening, slightly branched, brownish, smooth root. The leaves are alternate, long-petiolate, gray-green, heart-shaped or ovate, serrated along the edge, soft-tomentose. The flowers are pale pink, five-petalled, located in the axils of the upper leaves at the top of the stems, forming spike-shaped inflorescences. The fruit is fractional, breaking up into a significant number of single-locular fruitlets. The shape of the fruit is often reflected in the popular names of plants (kalachiki, flatbread, etc.). Blooms from June to September.

Distributed in the North Caucasus, the Volga region, Eastern and Western Siberia. It grows in meadows, in damp places in river floodplains, and sometimes forms thickets.

Roots and, less commonly, leaves and flowers are used as medicinal raw materials. Roots are collected in autumn or spring from 2-3 year old plants. They have a peculiar weak odor, a sweetish taste, and are slimy. Flowers and leaves are collected during the initial flowering period.

Marshmallow root is used as an expectorant, enveloping, emollient and anti-inflammatory agent for diseases of the respiratory tract: bronchitis, tracheitis, pneumonia, whooping cough, bronchial asthma. An infusion of marshmallow root is used for inflammation of the bladder, chronic colitis and enterocolitis accompanied by diarrhea, dysentery, dyspeptic diarrhea in children, kidney diseases and especially peptic ulcers of the stomach and duodenum. Effective for eczema, psoriasis.

Other species may be used, for example, Armenian marshmallow - Althaea armeniaca. It differs from the marshmallow in the denser gray hairy pubescence of the stem and leaves (above and below) and more dissected five-lobed middle leaves.

Marshmallow hemp - Althaea cannabina with hard pubescence on the stem and leaves, up to 150 cm high. The leaves are alternate, with a long petiole, palmately five-dissected with narrow lanceolate parts. The flowers are regular, single (or two) in the leaf axils. The petals are red, dark red at the base.

In ornamental gardening, these species can be grown as hedges and used as backdrops, giving a soft gray color to compositions.

The genus Mallow or Mallow (Malva) is a plant of the temperate zone of the European part, the Caucasus, and Asia; Almost 20 species are known within Russia. It differs from the khama (Lavatera) and hollyhock (Alcea), which are also often called “mallow”, in the dissected leaves and notched flower petals.

Perennial plants, up to 100 cm high, with an erect, branched stem covered with hairs. The basal leaves are long-petiolate, oval-heart-shaped and weakly lobed. Stem leaves are on short petioles, lobed, pinnately dissected. The flowers are on short stalks, located in the axils of the leaves one at a time or in bunches of three. The petals of the corolla are triangular, up to 3 cm long, notched at the edges, pink, with dark veins. The fruits are capsules covered with hairs. Blooms from late June to late July.

Forest mallow (M. sylvestris) - popular names: zenziver grass, royal curls, naked pannochka, wild mallow or wild marshmallow, mallow, forest marshmallow, red face, mucus, rolls.

Annual or biennial, 30–100 cm tall, with a fibrous root system, branched stem. The flowers are large, pink, with longitudinal red stripes, located in bunches in the axils of the leaves.

The infusion is used in folk medicine as an anti-inflammatory, enveloping and emollient for colds, inflammation of the digestive tract, as a mild laxative for diarrhea, externally for burns, tumors, skin diseases, ulcers, sore throat, eye inflammation, hemorrhoids. The seeds are used as an antifever, for pulmonary infections, and as an emollient.

Musk mallow (M. moschata L.) is a slightly pubescent plant up to 80 cm tall. The flowers are large, pink, the veins do not stand out in contrast. The leaves are palmately dissected.

The plant is almost not demanding on soils, but on rich, humus, drained, non-acidic, sufficiently moist soils, but without close groundwater and stagnant water in the spring, it grows better. Planted mainly in southern and sunny exposures. One of the main plants for mixborders in the country style, which is so popular at the moment.

It is still rare to find such a plant as Sidalcea in our gardens. These are perennial, rhizomatous plants from North America, 90–200 cm high, with an erect, slightly branched stem. The leaves are long-petiolate, palmately divided. The flowers are pink, collected in an apical spike-shaped inflorescence. The fruit is a capsule. Blooms from late July to September.

They are not demanding on soils, but on well-drained, rich, non-acidic, loamy, sufficiently moist soils, but without close groundwater and stagnant water in the spring, they grow better. Planted mainly in southern and sunny exposures. Plants are winter-hardy and drought-resistant.

In joint plantings it is combined with astilbes and cereals. In plantings it behaves like a perennial.

Sidalcea malviflora (S. malviflora) is a perennial up to 150 cm tall. The leaves are palmately divided. The flowers are pink.

Snow-white Sidalcea (S. candida) is a perennial, up to 80 cm tall, the leaves are pinnately rounded, with 5–7 lobes. The flowers are white, up to 7 cm in diameter.

One of the plants from the mallow family that is widespread in gardens is Khatma or Lavatera. Plants of the temperate zone grow naturally in the Mediterranean, Asia, Australia, and Africa. Up to 25 species are known, many garden varieties. Plants are one-, two- and perennial, herbaceous, rhizomatous. Stems are erect, up to 100 cm tall. The leaves are alternate, angular or 3-5-lobed, sometimes similar to maple leaves. The flowers are large, single or several in the axils of the leaves, forming racemose-paniculate inflorescences. The corolla is pink or purple, rarely yellow. The fruit is prefabricated. The seeds are kidney-shaped.

Unpretentious in culture. Light-loving, cold- and drought-resistant. However, it dies when there is excess moisture. Do not plant in places with close groundwater. In regions with excess moisture, it is better to grow on raised beds.

It does not need replanting and rejuvenation for many years; plants can only be replanted at a young age. Planted in groups, on ridges, in mixborders. A must-have element for country style groups.

Three-month Lavatera (L. trimestris) or garden rose, is an annual, white or pink flowers, with red dark veins, a very impressive plant in plantings, especially old, tall varieties. Modern varieties, which are generally no taller than 60 cm, should be planted in the foreground.

Lavatera Thuringia or dog rose (L. thuringiaca) is a perennial herbaceous plant with shoots up to 2 m tall. Flowers up to 5 cm in diameter, pink, purple. Very effective in mixborders of large-sized plants, as well as along a fence or hedge, in single clumps on the lawn. The period of mass flowering occurs in July.

Rose stock (or Mallow) - Alcea is native to the Mediterranean, Western and Central Asia, Australia, and Africa. Up to 60 species are known, many garden varieties.

Plants are biennial or perennial. The root is long, taproot. Stems are erect, up to 2–2.5 m tall, pubescent. The leaves are alternate, rounded, 3-5-lobed, the lobes are shallow. The flowers are large, single or several in the axils of the bracts, forming spike-shaped inflorescences. The corolla is five-petalled, of various colors. The fruit is prefabricated. Seeds are kidney-shaped, rounded-reniform mericarps. Long, abundant flowering lasts from June-July until the first frost.

Propagation by seeds is preferable. In the south, they are sown directly into the ground in March or early April; in the north, the seeds are sown for seedlings in February-March.

Grown in gardens as a biennial. In the first year, a rosette of leaves is formed, flowering begins in the second year. Unpretentious, but grows better in rich, deeply cultivated, non-acidic and well-fertilized soils. The plant is light-loving, relatively cold-resistant, and drought-resistant. During the flowering period, watering is required, but growth is inhibited and blooms poorly when there is excess and stagnation of moisture in the soil. In plantings it is combined with peonies, large hostas, and daylilies. Plants need to be protected from leaf-eating insects and fungal diseases (powdery mildew), which interfere with their decorative appearance.

Main varieties: black (A. r. var. nigra) with velvety red-black simple flowers; semi-double (A. r. var. semiplena hort.) with flowers of various colors; terry (A. r. forma flore pleno hort.) - the most highly decorative, but also quite whimsical.

Flowers and, less commonly, roots are used for medicinal purposes. An aqueous decoction or infusion of flowers is used as a mucous, emollient, anti-inflammatory and astringent agent for gastrointestinal and respiratory diseases.

Kirill Tkachenko, Ph.D., head of the group for the introduction of medicinal plants of the Botanical Garden of the Botanical Institute named after. Komarova RAS