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This aint no hollyhock?!

tomatustomatus Posts: 27

Hello, 

I always thought that this was a hollyhock but an image search shows me that although they have similar flowers, hollyhocks seem to be a single flower spike but this is like a small tree. 

I see them around a lot at the moment and they seem quintessentially English and very nice... please could someone tell me what it is so i can go about getting one?

i apologise for the sideways pic - don't know how to rotate it. 

thanks!

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  • nutcutletnutcutlet Posts: 27,445

    Lavatera arborea I've always known them as but probably name changed by now. Quite popular and should find one in flower at a GC.. 

    Not sure about quintessentially English, I always think they look out of place in an English garden in winter, the  leaves look all wrong to me.



    In the sticks near Peterborough
  • nutcutletnutcutlet Posts: 27,445

    Us East Anglian yokels have another plant for that name Verdunimage



    In the sticks near Peterborough
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