Wordless Wednesday
Malva Sylvestra Zebrina – that’s the formal name of this flower. what a mouthful for such a pretty striped mallow flower.
I love this dependable little plant. I grow Malva in front of my William Baffin rose bush er tree. The flowers bloom in front of the roses bare lower branches hiding it’s ugly “knees”. It makes a great combination along with some lavender and some phlox.
I love the purple colour on flowers. When you mentioned lavender and this malva flower, I just had to say it looks remarkable.
And such a lovely plant it is too…
Great colours!
Happy WW!!
LOL! you can choose among its three names. Zebrina would likely fit coz it is striped.
btw, happy Thanksgiving!
nice flower but you are right the name just don`t fit.
what a beautiful flower with a funny name.
I imagine the discoverer named it after his mother-in-law.
We look forward to seeing wonderful flower photos on Wednesday, like yours. Thanks for sharing.
An exotic name for an exotic plant.
Jean luc yes it is quite a name but it’s not really an exotic plant. Malva is mallow as in musk mallow. This is just a hybrid of what some might call a weed. LOL
Daisy thanks for the Thanks Giving wishes.