Can anyone tell me what this plant is please?
a mallow of some sort. Too close in the see the leaves so can't be more precise
It looks to me like Malva sylvestris - the Common Mallow.
Maybe a lavatera?
Definitely lavatera for my money. So pretty and, as you can see, good for our bees.
It looks like a lavatera, here's some close-ups of mine:
Lavatera = mallow
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lavatera
and still need some leaves to say which one
Dovefromabove says:Lavatera = mallow https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lavatera See original post
Oh, lool. See how much I don't know!
Wakeshine The two names are very 'intermingled' https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lavatera_arborea
Last edited: 04 August 2016 11:44:40
Thanks Dovefromabove. Learning so much on here.
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a mallow of some sort. Too close in the see the leaves so can't be more precise
In the sticks near Peterborough
It looks to me like Malva sylvestris - the Common Mallow.
Maybe a lavatera?
Definitely lavatera for my money. So pretty and, as you can see, good for our bees.
It looks like a lavatera, here's some close-ups of mine:
Lavatera = mallow
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lavatera
and still need some leaves to say which one
In the sticks near Peterborough
Oh, lool. See how much I don't know!
Wakeshine
The two names are very 'intermingled' https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lavatera_arborea 
Last edited: 04 August 2016 11:44:40
Thanks Dovefromabove. Learning so much on here.