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Which is it?

cloudybutnicecloudybutnice Posts: 23
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We moved here 3 years ago and this plant has appeared each year without fail. This picture was taken last year.

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I originally thought it was a Hollyhock but a few days ago my neighbour said he didn't think it was.

I wonder if it's a Lavatera. What do you think?

Thank-you.

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  • punkdocpunkdoc Posts: 13,732

    Hollyhock.

    How can you lie there and think of England
    When you don't even know who's in the team

    S.Yorkshire/Derbyshire border
  • herbaceousherbaceous Posts: 2,314

    I would vote hollyhock, it looks just like the one that grew in the cobbles outside my Aunt's house in Clovelly. Gone now, village has been 'gentrified' but it was gorgeous to come home to.

    Aren't hollyhocks and lavatera related Punkdoc? I'm useless with flowers image

    "The trouble with having an open mind, of course, is that people will insist on coming along and trying to put things in it."  Sir Terry Pratchett
  • punkdocpunkdoc Posts: 13,732

    You are right herbaceous, both belong to the Mallow family.

    How can you lie there and think of England
    When you don't even know who's in the team

    S.Yorkshire/Derbyshire border
  • herbaceousherbaceous Posts: 2,314

    Yay!!  I love this forum, especially when stuff sticks in your head image

    "The trouble with having an open mind, of course, is that people will insist on coming along and trying to put things in it."  Sir Terry Pratchett
  • Dave HedgehogDave Hedgehog Posts: 377

    Have to agree with Hollyhock too. Lavaterias are shrubs/trees (at least IME!)

  • cloudybutnicecloudybutnice Posts: 23

    Thanks for this, I should learn to have more fath in my own judgement!

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