DOWN TO EARTH

By Jim Long
Published on August 1, 2006
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In the “Edible Flowers” section of my garden
grows a marshmallow plant (Althaea officinalis). Unlike most of the
other edible flower plants, I grow the marshmallow not for its
flowers, but to teach a point. The plant isn’t showy: It gets leggy
unless you prune it back halfway around midsummer, and you easily
could overlook the tiny, pale, pinkish-white flowers.

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