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- Wild Mallow in the garden - A profile
- Wild mallow - a profile
- Especially beautiful varieties of wild mallow
- The wild mallow as a medicinal plant
- Wild mallow in the kitchen
- Tips
The Wild Mallow is an easy-care, robust beauty
Wild Mallow in the garden - A profile
The wild mallow is one of the oldest vegetable and medicinal plants that exist. But even as a summer flower in the garden makes the plant with her beautiful flowers a good figure. Wild mallows are undemanding and can be easily maintained in the garden or tub. A personal description.
Wild mallow - a profile
Especially beautiful varieties of wild mallow
The wild mallow as a medicinal plant
Wild mallows were once used universally to treat a wide variety of diseases and conditions. The plant contains mucilage, tannins and essential oils.
Today, the wild mallow is used as a medicinal plant for colds and inflammation of the mouth and throat.
Wild mallow in the kitchen
While the wild mallow is consumed as a vegetable in southern European cuisine, it plays in our latitudes hardly a kitchen herb.
Older leaves contain a great deal of mucilage, which reduces the enjoyment. However, an attempt to serve the young leaves in the salad is worthwhile. They taste very tender.
From the flowers of the wild mallow tea can be made. Also, the pretty inflorescences look very decorative on vegetable plates or as a decoration for soups.
Tips
Wild mallows are also very good in the tub. Since they develop very long tap roots, they are not suitable for balcony boxes. The planter should be at least 60 inches deep.