Stock rose perennial planting and care in the open field

Simple, yet very charming - the most accurate characteristic of a stock-rose. Knowing the intricacies of planting and the nuances of care will allow you to easily start growing this flower in the open field, not only in the Moscow region, but also in any other region.

Varieties and varieties of stock-rose

Mallow can be safely called a "opportunist". She is not capricious, resistant to drought and frost. In height it can reach both 30 cm and 2-3 m. It blooms until late autumn, decorating the garden with bright, like a summer photo, white, purple, cream, burgundy or yellow inflorescences.

Stock-rose is an unpretentious plant with which you can create interesting compositions in the garden

Among the varieties are interesting:

• Wrinkled;
• Musky;
• Lesnaya, etc.

Planting and caring for the plant

1. Time is spring or autumn.
2. The place is sunny, and partial shade is acceptable.
3. The soil is better nutritious, loose. Avoid clay and sandy soil.
4. The distance between the plants is about 50 cm.
5. Watering - in the first year, you need abundant, in the future - do not overmoisten too much.
6. Frost protection - first year plants are covered with leaves or agrofibre.

It is advisable to plant mallow in a sunny area.

Advice. Tall mallow needs to be tied up. It is better to root it immediately in a permanent place, since it does not like transplantation.

Flower propagation

The easiest way to propagate a stock rose from seedplanted in open ground. To collect them, you need to choose the best plants. Hybrids (with the F1 mark on the package) are not suitable for these purposes: they do not retain the external characteristics of the parent specimens. When propagated by seeds, mallow blooms only in the second year.

Stock Rose Seeds

If that doesn't suit you, grow up seedlings... To do this, the stem rose seeds must be sown in January or February. Old, long-growing bushes on your site multiply division... And in those regions where winters are not too harsh, mallow reproduces on its own - by self-sowing.

Fertilizing and feeding mallow

If you want to improve the composition of the soil before planting mallow, mix the garden soil with humus and sand (in a ratio of 3: 2: 1). Add peat and wood ash there. For each bucket of soil mixture, you will need 1 glass of both. In addition, mulching with compost will improve the structure of poor soil.

The plant will feel more comfortable if the soil is mulched.

The stock-rose needs additional nutrition in the second year of life. Top dressing is relevant during the period of active flowering. Use ready-made fertilizers that are dominated by potassium and phosphorus. Nitrogen abuse is bad for flowering.

Diseases and pests of the flower

The most common disease that mallow suffers from is rust. It appears on the leaves as rusty brown spots, sometimes white. It is difficult to rid the plant of this ailment. Severely affected flowers must be dug up and burned.

Rust on mallow leaves

Where the disease is not yet progressing, remove the stained leaves. Treat the flowers with a fungicide (Bordeaux mixture or colloidal sulfur is suitable).To prevent rusting, do not plant mallow very thickly and do not overmoisten the soil. As a preventive measure, treat the rose stock with a fungicide (for example, phytosporin) once a week until the buds appear.

Attention! The application of phosphorus-potassium fertilizers reduces the likelihood of rust development.

Of the pests, mallow is especially liked:

• leaf beetles and weevils (both gnaw holes in the plant);
• spider mite (with their appearance, the leaves gradually discolor);
  aphids (foliage turns yellow and curls from it).

Weevils

At the first signs of damage in the fight against insects, folk remedies, for example, soap solution, will help. In advanced cases, use insecticides (chlorophos, tobacco dust, etc.).

Stock-rose: combination with other plants

The flower is often called "rustic". This is due to the fact that it was most widespread in the province. However, if successfully combined with other flower crops, mallow will look noble in any garden.

Mallow looks good both in single planting and in composition

It harmonizes well with country-style plants:

• phlox;
• cuff;
• delphinium;
• nivyanik;
• monardoy, etc.

Since the stock rose is grown both as an annual and as a perennial, it can be accompanied by various plants. For example, pastel-colored flowers look beautiful with wild-growing herbs. This is true for those areas where mallow reproduces by self-sowing or medicinal crops are grown. A successful ensemble is obtained from a combination of a stock-rose with chamomiles, lupines, cosmea, echinacea.

Stock-rose in landscape design

Stock-rose in landscape design

Due to its height, mallow is often used as a background (in flower beds) or a bright vertical accent in group compositions. The classics of the genre are stock-roses near the fences, along the fences, near the walls of the house. If you look at photos from personal plots, it is noticeable that these flowers look advantageous against a dark or gray background. Combined with masonry, they create an atmosphere of comfort and romance.

Advice. Plant mallow to decorate unsightly areas in your garden, such as a compost heap.

Landscape designers advise rooting stock roses against the background of trees, where they will play the role of a tall undergrowth. Flowers in this case will create the illusion of a corner of the wild. Mallow is also magnificent in bouquets. Having settled it on your site, you will see how harmoniously the stock-rose will fit into your flower garden, giving it a special charm and brightness.

Mallow flowering: video

Varieties and types of mallow: photo

Good afternoon, dear readers!

The stock rose has been grown in home gardens for many years and many growers love this plant very much for its unpretentiousness and beauty. The stock rose or Malva (Malva) belongs to the Malvaceae family.

The people call it - kalachik, mallow. More than 70 species of this plant are cultivated in Europe, Asia, North America, and northern Africa. These species, when crossed, gave rise to a huge variety of varieties and hybrids of this plant.

Description of the flower

The stem rose is an annual and perennial herb (depending on the species) with a straight, recumbent or ascending stem. At the beginning of growth, the stem is pubescent, later becomes naked. Plant height ranges from 30 to 250 centimeters. Leaves are round-heart-shaped, incised or with 5-7 lobes, pubescent, petiolate.

Flowers are located in the axils of the leaves (1-5 pieces each). The cup is three-leafed, 5 petals, the gynoecium consists of a large number of stipules, the calyx is divided into 5 parts.

The petals are deep crimson, inverted oblong-ovoid or triangular in shape with a wavy edge. There are varieties with simple, half-double and double flowers. The flower reaches 5-15 centimeters in diameter.

The stem-rose can be white, red, crimson, pink, yellow, lilac, lilac, purple and violet.Ovaries on the plant are multi-celled. Some species of this plant have cluster-like inflorescences, others are spike-shaped.

Each nest contains 1 ovule. The fruit is divided into achenes. Branched roots, long.

The rose stem blooms from mid-June until the first frost.

Types and varieties with photos

The most famous types of mallow are: pink, Moorish, forest, wrinkled, musky. Many hybrid subspecies and varieties have been bred from these species.

The most common of them are: Annual, Royal, Terry, Carnival, Margarita, Violet, Lyubava, Majorette.

Annual

An annual stem rose grows from 30 to 80 centimeters in height. Flowers are both five-petal and double. The diameter of the flowers is 5-10 centimeters. The aroma is subtle and pleasant. Blooms from mid-June to late summer. It is planted in flower beds, mixborders, near paths, a fence.

Royal stock rose

This annual grows up to 50 centimeters in height. Double flowers, unusual shape. The edges of the petals are jagged. Diameter 10 centimeters. The aroma is pleasant, delicate. The plant blooms in the year of sowing, from July to September. It is used to decorate rabatki, flower beds, mixborders, balcony and street containers. Flowers in a vase bloom to the last bud.

Terry stock rose

Stock-rose Carnival

The plant is light-loving. Stem height from 50 to 250 centimeters. The size of flowers is from 7 to 15 centimeters. The petals are slightly corrugated. Plants are used to decorate house plots, flower beds, mixborders. Propagated by seeds, cuttings, dividing the bush.

Carnival

Stock rose Carnival refers to a biennial plant. The height of the stems reaches one and a half meters.

The plant is drought-resistant and light-requiring. The flowers reach 14 centimeters in diameter.

The flowers are densely double, bright, gather in dense inflorescences - the color can be different, all shades of pink, yellow. The leaves are lobed, serrated at the edges, large, rough-fleecy. You need to cut flowers before blooming. Bloom lasts from July to September.

Malva Margarita

This subspecies grows up to 2 meters. The stem is straight. The flowers are large, densely double, collected in elongated racemose inflorescences. Diameter 10-12 centimeters. Lobed leaves, slightly pubescent.

Used for vertical decoration of gazebos, hedges, mixborders.

Violet

This plant has a powerful, branched stem, reaching 2 meters in height. Flowers are double, velvety. The color is blue-violet. Flowers are collected in large racemose inflorescences. Flowering stretches from July to September.

Stock rose Lyubava

Biennial. Plant height reaches 80 centimeters. Flowers are large, double, collected in inflorescences. The color is bright red. The diameter of the flowers is 10 centimeters. Blooms in the second year.

Majorette

Photophilous biennial. Stem height 60-80 centimeters. The flowers are double, bright, chocolate burgundy, pink, light yellow, red, burgundy, almost black.

It blooms one year after planting, from July to October. Suitable for grouping in mixborders, decorating flower beds, lawns, fences, walls.

When to plant seeds for seedlings

Sowing rose stem seeds should be carried out in March - early April. When planting plants in greenhouses, sowing is done in February - early March.

When sowing seeds in open ground, the soil must be completely warmed up. For this, the end of May - early June or mid - end of August is suitable. When sown in open ground, the flowering of the rose stock occurs in a year.

Growing a stem of a rose with seedlings from seeds

Stock-rose is an unpretentious plant, easily tolerates drought and suffers from waterlogging. For better germination and early flowering, plants are grown using seedlings.

Annuals are sown in pots, greenhouses or hotbeds. After growing and strengthening, they are transplanted into the ground. Biennial and perennial plants are sown directly into open ground or greenhouses.

Seed preparation

Seeds of two years ago are distinguished by good germination.

To improve germination, preliminary preparation of the planting material is carried out. Seeds are filled with warm water for 12 hours. At the same time, they are saturated with moisture and germinate faster.

Sowing

The root system is a rod-shaped rose stem and this must be taken into account when sowing. Since transplanting from a common box can harm the plant, seeds are sown in separate pots, containers or cups.

The pots are filled with moistened nutrient soil made from turf, peat, compost, sand and sawdust. Seeds are laid out with tweezers or sown in rows, a thin layer of earth (1 centimeter) is sprinkled on top. Above the container with seeds is covered with a film. Inside the greenhouse, the temperature should not exceed 20 degrees.

Subject to the temperature regime, the first shoots appear in 2 weeks. After sprouting, when the main leaves appear (if necessary), thinning is performed. The space between plants should be at least 3 centimeters.

Seedling care

Care consists in moderate, regular watering, airing and hardening. After the emergence of seedlings, the shelter is removed. It is impossible to remove the film immediately, at first it is removed for 10 minutes, then for a longer period and so on until it is completely removed.

When the sprouts are stretched and pale in color, additional illumination with a phytolamp is performed. After the appearance of 3 main leaves, hardening is performed. For this, the room is ventilated, the pots with plants are exposed for a couple of hours in a cool room (balcony, veranda).

Picking a rose stock is not desirable. If this procedure is necessary, sprouts with 3 main leaves are transplanted with an earthen clod.

Transplant to open ground

On a flower bed, seedlings of a rose stock should be planted in May. By this time, the plants will be strong and the spring frosts will have passed. The place for planting should be light and closed from the wind. When planting in partial shade, the plants lose growth, the color of the flowers becomes pale.

The soil should be fertile, well-drained, light, and rich in humus. Heavy clay or sandy soils are not suitable.

The site is being dug up. Compost, lime, peat and sawdust are added to the soil.

Wells are being prepared. The distance between plants depends on the type of plant and ranges from 30 to 60 centimeters. Perennials can be planted separately from others.

When growing plants in pots, a bush with an earthen ball is transshipped. Peat pots can be planted without transshipment, immediately in them.

Summer care

Watering should be regular (once a week), the land should not dry out. Excess water can harm the plants, for this good drainage is provided. You need to water the bushes carefully, without touching the leaves of the plants.

During the summer, top dressing is applied 2 times. The first time is done after planting. The second time, fertilizers are applied in mid-August. For feeding, you need to take universal complex or phosphorus-potassium fertilizers for horticultural crops.

For perennial rose stock, compost and humus are added once a year at the rate of 3 kilograms per 1 square meter.

When the plants reach 1.5 meters, the stems need a garter. For support, wooden stakes are used, which are driven in at a short distance from the plant, so as not to damage the roots. For the garter, a soft natural rope and braid are taken.

Proper care allows you to grow amazingly beautiful plants.

Diseases and pests

The stem rose is susceptible to many diseases, these are:

• rust
• powdery mildew
• mosaic
• stem cancer
• rootworm nematode.

The reasons are excess moisture, cold summers, poor lighting.
When white or brown spots appear, the plants are treated with fungicides.

Most often, the stem of the rose is affected by rust.Light depressed spots appear on the surface of the leaves, red-brown spots, pads (pustules) below, after which they wither and fall off. The affected leaves are immediately removed, and the plants are sprayed with Abiga-Peak, Topaz, Bordeaux liquid.

For the next 2 years, if these diseases are affected, a rose cannot be planted in this place!

In addition to diseases, mallow can be affected by the invasion of aphids, spider mites, weevils and other leaf beetles.

Aphids attack flowers, buds and leaves. They curl, turn yellow, sticky secretions of insects are visible on the affected areas. Slightly affected areas are sprayed with soapy water. In case of severe damage, treatment with Tobacco Dust, Iskra, Aktara, Antitlin, Aktellik, Akarin, Fitoverm, Tanrek, Decis, Zubr, Komandor, Biotlin preparations is performed.

When a spider mite appears, it infects the leaves. They become covered with whitish spots. Then the spots become discolored and dry out. Small mites are located on the underside of foliage among very thin cobwebs. To combat the pest, a soap solution and mineral oil are used. In case of severe damage, the drugs Lightning, Akarin, Fitoferm, Vertimek are used.

How to collect your seeds

Fruits with seeds are harvested by hand after yellowing. Each capsule fruit contains 14-40 seeds. They can be harvested from mid-summer until the first frost. To obtain seeds from the bushes, the branches are cut and dried in the form of a bouquet. At the same time, the seeds ripen.
The germination capacity of the planting material lasts 3 years.

Growing in a two-year culture

Seeds of a rose stock in open ground are sown in May, early June or closer to autumn. The sowing site is pre-dug up. Grooves or holes are prepared. They are located at a distance of 35-40 centimeters from each other. The depth should be about 3 centimeters. 2-3 seeds go into the hole. From above, the seeds are sprinkled with earth, slightly pressed and watered from a watering can.

After 1.5-2.5 weeks, seedlings appear. When 2-3 main leaves appear on the sprouts, thinning is performed. 1 strongest sprout remains in the hole. In the grooves between the plants, a gap of 30-35 centimeters is left. Further care of the rose stem consists in timely watering, fertilizing, protection from pests and diseases, and weeding.

Transplantation of mallow seedlings to a permanent place is carried out in late August - early September. The distance between plants should be 50 centimeters. Low stem rose varieties can be left in place. Tall plants are planted near hedges, pergolas, gazebos, southern walls. Such a shelter will protect the stem of the rose from stem breakage in strong winds. Young bushes hibernate under spruce branches, a layer of dry foliage or mulch from humus, peat, sawdust.

In the first year, the flower forms a rosette of large leaves. In the summer of next year, a tall peduncle with a spike-shaped inflorescence of double, semi-double, simple flowers of different colors appears on the plant. Flowering lasts about a month.

Breeding a rose stock by dividing the bush and grafting is not used so often, since it requires special skills and gives a worse result when transplanting than seed propagation.

Stock rose - growing from seed, when to plant: video

Rarely has anyone not had a chance to meet this wonderful flower in his life. Its simplicity, and at the same time, elegance and majesty has won a lot of fans among amateur flower growers. It is impossible to take your eyes off the slender beauty proudly ascending to the sky, adorned with elegant bows. This is a stock-rose, in common people it is also called mallow. There are a huge number of mallow species, from undersized - 30 cm, to two-meter giants. Florists highly appreciate both the classic stock-rose varieties with simple flowers, and new varieties with double, large flowers of the brightest and most fashionable shades:

• white;
• pink;
• red;
• burgundy;
• cream;
• lilac;
• yellow.

Stock roses with fashionable shades of lilac, purple, almost black are especially popular.

Stock-rose is a drought-resistant and winter-hardy plant that grows well in latitudes with a temperate climate, including in Russia. It is also a light-loving plant, but it also tolerates partial shade quite well.

Mallow, according to the period of plant development, is divided into two types:

1. annual;
2. biennial;

The way to use the stock rose in flower arrangements cannot be compared with anything else. Looks great in single plantings, in group plantings with other deciduous and ornamental plants; goes well with both tall and low-growing plants in flower beds, mixborders and flower beds.

Landing

The stock-rose is usually planted with seeds.

Planting stem-rose seeds in open ground is best done in spring, when the sun has already warmed up the earth. Considering that mallow is a rather tall and lush plant, seeds are planted at intervals of 30-50 cm. It is advisable to sow seeds in a hole in 3-5 pieces, in view of the fact that mallow has poor germination and does not tolerate transplanting well. It is much better to remove excess seedlings than to waste time and reseed again.

Planting stock roses with seedlings is more troublesome, but pleasant. In order to achieve the effect of flowering stock-rose in summer, they start planting seeds at the beginning of February. Seeds are sown in a container with soil and placed in a cool place under the film.

The temperature for seed germination should not exceed 18-20 ° C. When the seeds hatch, the film is removed, and the seedlings are thinned out at intervals of 2 cm or in separate containers. With the appearance of two true leaves, the plant dives.

Here you should pay attention to the fact that mallow has a delicate taproot, which cannot be damaged during transplantation. Therefore, it is advisable to dive the mallow into the cups.

Seedlings in cups will grow until May, until the threat of frost passes and the seedlings get stronger. Plants are planted in open ground at a distance of 50 cm.

Care

You will not need much trouble in caring for stock roses. In order for the plant to be strong, lush and healthy, it needs to be fed with a complex of fertilizers. In addition, it is required to carry out their timely weeding and watering. The stock-rose is a rather tall plant and it may be necessary to additionally strengthen it by tying it to a support. It is advisable to make the support from natural materials, so they will look more organic in the flower garden and not distract attention from the beauty of the flower.

We must not forget about pests. A common disease that mallow suffers from is rust. Brown spots affect the leaves of the flower and lead to their death. Thickened plantings, poor soil, excess moisture are the causative agents of this disease. To prevent the disease, the flower must be treated with a fungicide.

Video about the correct planting of a stock-rose

Description of the plant

The stock rose, it is mallow, marshmallow or mallow, was brought to the territory of our country from Egypt and warm Greece. Its flower remotely resembles a church mallet, but today breeders have bred many varieties, with a rich color gamut, simple and double, reaching a flower diameter of 5-15 cm.

Mallow itself is a perennial plant, reaching a height of 1.5-2 m, with flowers large in diameter, which are collected in inflorescences. The flowering of the plant begins from the first summer months and lasts until the first frost, growing very successfully in our climatic zone.

Where and when to plant a rose stem

As a rule, the stem of the rose itself is planted in the spring - in particular, by seedlings or by direct sowing of seeds into the ground. If open ground is the month of May, and if for seedlings at home or in a greenhouse - March-April.

Speaking about the planting site, it is enough to remember that it is best to plant it in a sunny area, although with light shading, the stem of the rose also feels great, but the main thing here is that the plant has enough heat.

When choosing a planting site, the stem of a rose should be taken into account that it does not tolerate a draft, and any gust of wind will simply break its stem. Alternatively, it can be planted under a fence or by the wall of the house, creating such a hedge and decor, and the mallow itself will receive a kind of protection from the wind.

With regard to the composition of the soil, the flower is picky in this respect, but, of course, like any plant, it loves nutritious, fertile lands. If the ground is sandy or clayey, it is not recommended to plant a rose current on such a site.

Features of growing from seeds

Despite the fact that the plant is perennial, it is grown as a 2-year-old - for this it is enough to grow a stem of a rose from seeds into open ground.

Sowing is carried out at the end of May - beginning of June, putting the seed into the holes, observing the distance between them about 20 cm, although for safety reasons, you can sow them and a little thicker, subsequently thinning the shoots. The sowing depth and the hole itself is 3-5 cm and the first shoots will appear above the surface after 2 weeks.

The mallow itself does not tolerate any transplants from place to place, and therefore, after the emergence of shoots, it is better not to touch them. And if you want to achieve its flowering already this year, it is planted in February for seedlings in individual pots, best of all peat, paper, together with them later in the open ground.

In the first year of growth, the stem of the rose may not give flowers, but at this time there is an active growth and development of the root system, the surface of the stem and foliage itself is quite densely pubescent, rough.

The stem blooms in the second year, in the middle of summer and gives seeds in the form of bolls immediately after flowering - on the stem they are allowed to ripen for another 3-4 weeks and are harvested when the latter turn yellow. Growing in a greenhouse

If mallow is grown for seedlings at home or in a greenhouse, the optimal time is the end of March - early April.

Due to the fact that the plant does not tolerate any transplants and in the process of such manipulations it may not take root in the open field, it should be grown for seedlings in individual flowerpots made of peat or paper, together with which it is planted in open ground, without disturbing the root system itself.

Such containers are filled with a nutrient mixture and slightly moistened, sown in each container for a seed, sprinkled with earth and covered with a film or glass, to create a greenhouse effect.

The optimal temperature regime for the emergence of seedlings is 18–20 degrees Celsius, in which the appearance of the first shoots can be expected after 2 weeks, removing the film or glass from the flowerpots. After their appearance, caring for them consists in regular watering and airing the greenhouse.

It is recommended to plant seedlings from individual cups at the end of May, when the last spring ground frosts have passed and warm weather sets in and the soil warms up.

Landing in open ground

Planting seedlings in open ground with a rose stock will not be difficult for novice florists and in this matter, the main stages of the entire planting in the ground can be distinguished.

1. If a 1-year-old rose stock is planted in the ground, it should be carried out in open ground no earlier than mid-late May, when the first frosts pass and the plant can give flowers this year.
2. When it comes to planting a two-year or perennial rose stock, it is planted in August-September.
3. If the planting is by seeds, they are sown directly into the holes in May, after the spring frosts have passed, if the seedlings, the seedlings are planted together with the cups.

Direct disembarkation process in stages

1. A small depression is made in the soil itself - 3-5 cm and a seed is planted in each.
2. But if there are seedlings, the hole is made to the depth of the immersion of the glass.
3. Depending on the variety, the distance between the holes can vary from 25 to 50 cm by placing seeds or seedlings in them.
4. The next stage of planting in open ground is a simple dusting with earth, but so that it covers the seeds by 1 cm, and if it is a seedling, it is easy enough to tamp the earth on top.
5. After that, there is abundant watering with settled water and the plant is provided with the usual care of the plant, delighting all gardeners and summer residents with their flowers and aroma.

Rose stem care rules

Caring for this bright garden plant is quite simple and does not cause much trouble and difficulties for summer residents. Nevertheless, the entire care of the rose stem can be roughly divided into several main points and stages.

Choosing a place

In its beginning, it includes the correct selection of the correct landing site, its regular watering, as well as binding to the erected supports and the fight against pests and diseases that can affect mallow.

The location of the mallow, as noted earlier, is a piece of land that is bright and open to the sun, but not to the wind. At the same time, it is allowed to plant it in light shade, partial shade - the main thing is that there is no draft and the plant is not blown by strong winds, since this will simply break its stem.

With regard to the composition of the soil, mallow is not particularly demanding, although, of course, to obtain bright flowers and greenery, it is best to plant it on fertile soils, light in structure, avoiding clayey, heavy soils. But at the same time, planting it in sandy soils, poor in humus and micro- and macroelements, is unacceptable - this will make the plant weak, unpresentable, prone to frequent diseases and pests.

Watering the plant

Watering the plant should be regular - this is especially true for young plants in the first year of their growth and with intensive flowering of mallow.

When watering, it is worth remembering - the water should first be defended for at least a day, or you should take rainwater. But, the main thing, in this case, is not to allow the soil to be constantly wet and the water stagnant, although drying out of the soil is also unacceptable. When watering a plant, water is brought under the root and so that it does not fall on the leaves.

Plant feeding

You can feed mallow 2-3 times throughout the season - in this case, fertilizer is applied for the first time after planting seedlings in the ground or the emergence of seedlings with three or more leaves, then in mid-summer and early autumn, just before the seed ovary.

In this regard, it is recommended to alternate as organic fertilizers - chicken manure or manure, as well as complex chemical fertilizer complexes for flowering garden plants.

Garter mallow

Tying the mallow to the supports is an important moment in caring for the mallow, when its stem reaches 1.5–2 meters, in any case, it will need a garter.

As an improvised support, you can use ordinary wooden stakes or metal rods, that is, everything that is at hand. When installing an impromptu support, it is worthwhile to put the peg so that it does not enter the ground near the root system, and tie the plant itself to the pegs with a soft braid or rope so as not to damage the stem itself.

Pest and disease control

Mallow itself suffers greatly from the negative influence of "rust" - it is she who manifests itself on the plant with brown spots on the entire surface of the leaf. As a means of struggle at the initial stages - the removal of such affected leaves, and if the disease progresses - the treatment should be carried out with drugs - fungicides, Bordeaux mixture. If all these conditions are met, the mallow will delight others with its exuberant color, bright flowers and greenery.

In addition, in the issue of combating diseases, it is worth noting a few more points - if during the period of intensive plant growth the weather is characterized by low temperatures and high humidity, frequent rains, as well as a lack of sunny days, in addition to rust, the plant can also be affected by powdery mildew and the mosaic virus.

In this case, it is worth immediately treating the entire plant with preparations containing fungicidin, carrying out not only the treatment with chemicals, but also the removal of the affected foliage, and, if necessary, the entire plant.

Among the people, among our grandmothers and great-grandmothers, there is an opinion - if you look at the mallow, you can watch for 15 minutes during the day. in the morning and in the evening, it will completely save a person from a depressive state. With all this, this natural antidepressant does not require special knowledge and skills in its cultivation and care, much attention and will decorate your personal plot for many years with its lush flowers.