Stewart Robert Hinsley wrote:
In message , Jaques
d'Alltrades writes
No, it would be pure white - snow white. But with cut leaves like
the
musk mallow - Malva moschata variant heterophylla. I'll sniff one
next time I see one and see if it is M. moschata.

Another alternative would be Malva alcea 'Alba'. There's also the
hybrid Malva x intermedia (alcea x moschata), and allegedly a
hybrid
Malva x inodora (moschata x sylvestris).

At least some plants of Malva sylvestris are scented.

I don't know whether it's indigenous, feral or a cultivated plant.
It's not anything I've ever seen in a seed catalogue or a nursery.

There used to be a profuse colony of white-flowered musk mallow in
West Wales. When I wrote, in a column I used to do, sarcastically
congratulating the Council on wiping them out, there were several
complaints.

--
Mike.

In message , Kay
writes
In article , Jaques
d'Alltrades writes

No, it would be pure white - snow white. But with cut leaves like the
musk mallow - Malva moschata variant heterophylla. I'll sniff one next
time I see one and see if it is M. moschata.

I don't know whether it's indigenous, feral or a cultivated plant. It's
not anything I've ever seen in a seed catalogue or a nursery.

I once bought a packet of M moschata seed, and they were mixed, some
pink, some white. I encourage the white ones.

Malva moschata f. alba seems to be the commonest form in cultivation. I
grow two strains (differing in style colour) of this, plus a number of
forms of the pink. There's also f. rubra, which I assume approaches red,
and at least one web site says that there's also lavender and 'blue'
forms.
--
Stewart Robert Hinsley

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There used to be a profuse colony of white-flowered musk mallow in
West Wales. When I wrote, in a column I used to do, sarcastically
congratulating the Council on wiping them out, there were several
complaints.

To you, or the council?

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Malva moschata f. alba seems to be the commonest form in cultivation. I
grow two strains (differing in style colour) of this, plus a number of
forms of the pink. There's also f. rubra, which I assume approaches red,
and at least one web site says that there's also lavender and 'blue'
forms.

Does that address work? With the obvious stuff removed, of course...

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Jaques d'Alltrades wrote:
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from "Mike Lyle" contains
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There used to be a profuse colony of white-flowered musk mallow in
West Wales. When I wrote, in a column I used to do, sarcastically
congratulating the Council on wiping them out, there were several
complaints.

To you, or the council?

To the Ed -- a tricky weapon, irony.

--
Mike.

On Fri, 8 Jul 2005 10:11:48 +0100, "BAC" wrote:




I have to say, the lawns with the blossom are looking particularly
attractive at the moment.

Could this be Self-heal? We have it in our garden and it grows 4 " to 12" depending on where it is
but in the lawn it is flat - and very pretty!.

Kath

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Jaques d'Alltrades wrote:
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There used to be a profuse colony of white-flowered musk mallow in
West Wales. When I wrote, in a column I used to do, sarcastically
congratulating the Council on wiping them out, there were several
complaints.

To you, or the council?

To the Ed -- a tricky weapon, irony.

Ah, a stab in the back rather than a frontal assault, then.

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Malva sylvestris or some other species? Round this neck of the woods
Malva sylvestris is rose-flowered, not violet-flowered.

Well the stuff we call mallow is most certainly violet, quite a pale
violet admittedly.

Or do you mean pale magenta, or even mauve by any chance? Pale violet is blue

BTW, Malva sylvestris is said to be Glyphosate-resistant.

It's also a bit big/upright for growing in lawns. Malva pucilla or M.
neglecta, maybe.

If left to itself it rapidly becomes quite a large plant, eventually
developing into a small bush. However in the lawn it seems to adapt
itself quite well to a 'flat' life. It has a very deep tap root in my
experience and is a real pig to get rid of once established.

--
Chris Green

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Jaques d'Alltrades wrote:
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There used to be a profuse colony of white-flowered musk mallow
in
West Wales. When I wrote, in a column I used to do,
sarcastically
congratulating the Council on wiping them out, there were
several
complaints.

To you, or the council?

To the Ed -- a tricky weapon, irony.

Ah, a stab in the back rather than a frontal assault, then.

That the way it generally works: complaints to the editor, praise to
the author!

--
Mike.