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Mon, Jun 18, 12 at 11:47
| This plant is a volunteer that has come up in my flower garden the last three years. There is only one. It is about 24" tall, has leaves that resemble a geranium (to me)and the blooms are close to the stalk and stems. Thank you!
Rebecca |
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- Posted by ken_adrian z5 (My Page) on Mon, Jun 18, 12 at 11:58
| i call it mallow of which variation.. i do not know bit of a hyper seeder for me. .. i have been trying to eradicate it for well on 5 years ... ken |
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| Thanks for helping me out. Mine has not reseeded and I would like for it to. (I think) Last year I "helped" my cleomes and now I have thousands. |
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| It can be Malva sylvestris or another malva. |
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| Looks like a Malva to me - they look like tiny hollyhocks (they're a close relation). |
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| Looks like a Malva to me - they look like tiny hollyhocks (they're a close relation). |
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| argh, the most hateful weed on my allotment - a taproot which goes to australia (three weeks after germinating) and seeds everywhere. And yet, I love the mallow flower shape - I am a sucker for sphaeralcea, sidalcea, althea, anisondontea....and on and on but dreadful M.sylvestris (and yours might (I hope) be a better behaved mallow but...... |
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- Posted by kimka z6B (jkkaplan@erols.com) on Wed, Jun 20, 12 at 9:22
| From the bloom color it looks like it could be Mystic merlin M.sylvestris. Depending on if you have a warm or cold winter in zone 7, it can be a short lived perennial or a freely reseeding annual. |
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| Thanks for all the help. It is Mystic Merlin. It seems some people have trouble with it reseeding too much and others really like it. I think I will just see what happens naturally. Thanks again for all the help. |
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