Sidalcea 'My Love'
(Prarie Mallow 'My Love' )
Family - Malvaceae
Category - Perennial
Discovered By - Selected by Piet Oudulf
Season of Interest - Summer
Hardiness - H7
Height - 1.2m or more
Width - 50cm
Location - The House Border
Description: A clump-forming, herbaceous Perennial with an upright habit. Mid-green leaves are rounded at the base of the plant, while finger-like stem leaves are palmately lobed and deeply cut. Pale pink, bowl-shaped flowers have slightly separated, notched petals. The flowers are produced in spike-like Racemes from mid to late summer.
Flower:
Pale pink, bowl-shaped flowers have slightly separated petals that are notched at the tips. The flowers are produced in upright racemes from late June into August.
Flower colour: Pink
Flower shape: Bowl-shaped flowers in racemes
Flowering time: June, July, August
Foliage:
Mid-green leaves are rounded at the base of the plant while the stem leaves are palmately lobed and deeply cut.
Foliage Senescence: Deciduous
Foliage Shape: Rounded to palmately lobed
Propagation:
Division.
Cultivation:
Best in full sun in moisture retentive soil that is well drained.