So it comes back every year

The mallow is not hardy

The mallow is native to the Mediterranean and is not hardy. Nevertheless, the recurring flowering in a location without further care leaves some gardeners suspicious come up that this pretty blooming flower overwinters in the ground and therefore often again up in the same place grows. In reality, cup mallow produces a multitude of seeds after flowering, which eventually fall to the ground and then sprout new plants in the next year. This actually makes it look like the annual cup mallow is a perennial shrub.

Malvae reliably sow themselves

If you would like to grow your cup mallow every year in the garden, you don't really need to do anything else. As long as the selected location is not used by other vigorous plants, In the case of the cup mallow, there is usually a very reliable self-sowing of the Plants. However, it can also happen that cup malvae gradually spread more and more in a garden due to the spread with the wind and various animals. This spread is very unproblematic in comparison with some other plants because the Young plants of the mallow can be recognized and removed very easily in unsuitable locations can.

Sow the cup mallow in a controlled manner

If you want to keep the scepter of your garden design firmly in hand, you can also control the multiplication and spread of the cup mallow yourself. All you have to do is:

• Carefully pick off the seed pods in good time before they are ripe
• store the seeds in a dry and dark place
• sow the mallow at the desired location from April to the beginning of June

Make sure that you only harvest the seed pods of the cup mallow in dry weather, otherwise the seeds can easily go moldy during storage.