At first glance, musk mallow (Malva moschata) seems like a highly attractive plant. Its blooms are a pretty pink, and crushing its foliage leaves your fingers covered in a pleasant, musky fragrance.

Background - We’ve prepared the seed bed both by tilling and by no-till using herbicides (glyphosate and gramoxone) to kill the weeds. Where we have nonsaline soil, weeds are a problem since we do not ...

Althaea officinalis seeds are available from Walmart. Soil: 'Marsh mallow plants do best in moist, slightly acidic soil,' Katie says. 'To help keep the soil moist, apply a few inches of mulch to ...