Can someone id these please - they came in a ‘butterfly attracting’ pack - thank you 🌸

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• Pete.8 Posts: 11,340

  July 2022

  I reckon Mallow (Malva)
  Borage- great for freezing the flowers into ice cubes - has a cucumber taste

  
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• Topbird Posts: 8,355

  July 2022

  I'm pretty sure the 2nd picture is borage - flowers are edible and taste a bit like cucumber. You can decorate a Pimms and lemonade with the flowers. Lots of ice in mine please...
  
  The first one appears to be from the mallow / lavatera family but I'm not sure beyond that.😎

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• Topbird Posts: 8,355

  July 2022

  SNAP!! @Pete.8 😁

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• Pete.8 Posts: 11,340

  July 2022

  Great Minds and all that 😁

  
  Billericay - Essex
  
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• Nanny Beach Posts: 8,719

  July 2022

  Yes!! The borage goes mad. Mine gets to about 4ft then keels over in wind or (distant memory!) rain. Leaves are very prickly

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• raisingirl Posts: 7,093

  July 2022

  The pink one, as has been said is a malva, I think may be a malva sylvestris, something like 'Mystic Merlin' possibly - seems quite a common one. The borage - the flowers are nice in a herby salad as well as in Pimms

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