This mallow received its name not from soldiers that use to stick its flowers behind their ears (what a pity, isn`t it?) but the botanist that choosed the name thought of halberds when he examined the leaves. It is native to the southeast of the USA so it is not hardy in most parts of Central Europe. Our plants survived winter temperatures as low as -15° C.

Planted outside this mallow will bloom in late summer, in a conservatory already from June on. The flowers are light pink with a somewhat darker throat. Very rarely white or reddish flowers do show up. In its native land the plant grow up to one and a half meter, in our region it reaches hardly one meter. Keep it very sunny and moist to wet.