Malva, Hybrid Mallow 'Park Allee'

I bought malva "park rondell" from wisley gardens in u.k. last year it has probably doubled in size and looks like a double flowered holl...Read Moreyhock/lavatera with grey leaves and without rust disease and ragged appearance of a hollyhock but smaller and is already branching out a little. It started to flower in august here but summer was a month late this year. I would say its quite drought resistant as i planted it where my hollyhocks like to grow which is very dry lomey clay at the front of the border

Found by Ewald Hugin, Freiburg.
The credits for the remarkable pretty gray green foliage go to Althaea officinalis. But it also lo...Read Moreoks like a Hollyhock. Dies back in winter, emerges in spring for a new long flowering season. The stems can reach a height of 250 cm. Bringing up new shoots every year the bush can get 250 cm across. Because it is a hybrid (Alcea x Althaea) it probably will not come true from seeds. Pretty!

This plant have been variously referred to Malva, Malva sylvestris, Alcea, Alcea × Althaea and Althaea × Alcea. The correct identity i...Read Mores unclear, but it seems fairly certain that they are not correctly placed in Malva. Grows to 2 meter. in zone 8 perennial. Blooms 8/9.