If your plant is not a hybrid or you do not mind completely different flower colors, rose mallow is easily grown from seed. Allow seedpods to mature on the plant for four to five weeks after flowering. Seeds are ready to collect once they turn dark brown.

To start indoors, sow seeds 1/4" deep in a flat or individual peat pots, keeping the soil lightly moist and at a temperature of 80-85 degrees F until germination. Keep the seedlings evenly moist. When the weather has warmed and the seedlings are well established, transplant outdoors.

Propagating through stem cuttings: Take 5” to 6” inch long, pencil-thick cuttings from the new, firm growth. Remove the lower leaves and plant them in a potting mix prepared with one part peat and three parts sand. The cuttings will develop roots with four to five weeks.

Planted once, mallow will often reseed itself for a continuous display of blooms year after year. The flat, buttonlike seed pods resemble tiny wheels of cheese, which inspired mallow's lesser known name of cheese weed.. . . . .364011236422!]0000000000000009783314145811!]