TheH Hazel asked 14 years ago
I posted this picture on the Garden Club but we cannot agree on what this pretty flower is – the flower is very like both Malva and Sidalcea but the leaves are not like either. It is about 40cm high. The stems are hairy and the leaves are sort of furry. I don’t remember buying it, but may have got it from one of my gardening friends. It is driving me mad not knowing the name of it.
1 Answers
Gerry Daly Staff answered 6 years ago
This is musk mallow, Malva moschata, the upper leaves are much divided as in photo, the lower leaves are entire and rounded.
It is not native but is naturalised in the southeast, less so in other ares. It often appears in gardens and roadsides, springing up form the copious seeds it produces.
