Folklore in My Garden: Marshmallow

What? Marshmallows in my garden? What’s up with that?
Although today most people associate the word with the puffy, powdered sugar covered candy that we like to toast over open fires and dunk in hot cocoa, the marshmallow is actually a plant. (Malvacaea, althea officinalis). A very pretty one. I have some growing in my garden, [...]