Malva moschata - summer-long flowering

Malva moschata, the musk  mallow, has been a favourite in my garden for a decade now.  A native plant in the U.K. it has beautiful pink flowers that are held on strong woody stems reaching 6 feet tall at times.  Requiring no staking it’s a great contributor to the garden, usually in flower for around ten weeks and proving an irrresistable attraction to insects.

I first introduced it to the garden as a seedling from a friend’s garden and have had it ever since.  Despite  the individual plants being relatively short lived, its propensity to seed around gently means I haven’t had a year without it since I brought it home.