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The Zebra mallow is a very old cultivar of Malva sylvestris, the common mallow, information about which can be found here flic.kr/p/2qAnQG4 . This specific cultivar seems to be very old and, as far as I could ascertain, its origins appear not to have been documented.
While researching the plant, I came across another of Malva sylvestris' common names, French mallow, which appears to be used specifically in the US. This may be due to the fact that it was one of the plants a certain Thomas Jefferson, American Founding Father and third president of the United States, introduced there. Jefferson, like many of his contemporaries was of the opinion that "The greatest service which can be rendered any country is, to add an useful plant to its culture […]". Knowing the devastation the more invasive plants thus introduced have done, we may disagree today. However, politicians and scientifically minded people of the age had to consider feeding the steadily growing population of the former colonies. While he was in France for negotiations with Great Britain and other European nations (1784-1789), Thomas Jefferson sent seeds and cuttings of plants and trees back to the American colonies. While he was abroad, he also visited other countries and exported, sometimes, as in the case of stolen and smuggled rice from Italy, illegally, plants from these countries.
After his return to the US, Jefferson continued his efforts importing and spreading plants from other parts of the world. He conducted, and had enslaved people conduct, experiments on his Virginia plantation, Monticello. He carefully documented failure and success of these experiments.
The above Jefferson quote is from the Appendix to the "Memoir, correspondence, and miscellanies, from the papers of Thomas Jefferson", written and edited by Thomas Jefferson himself as well as his grandson Thomas Jefferson Randolph. Amusingly, most sources who quote this add "The Fruit Hunters" to the quote. This refers to a 2012 documentary film that seems to include that quote. People apparently continue to re-quote without checking.
Four days ago, on 12 October 2014, I had spent a few hours east of the city, driving the backroads, looking for barns and anything else to photograph. Heading back to Calgary, I took a wrong turn just outside the city and ended up on Deerfoot Trail heading south instead of 22X going west. All I could do was keep driving on this major highway until I came to somewhere famiiiar where I could turn around. This happened to be The Saskatoon Farm. I was just in time to have a meal in their restaurant before heading home - I love their Quiche.
This interesting place is maybe a 20-minute drive SE from the southern edge of Calgary. You can collect your own Saskatoon berries in season, look around their outside green houses, and their inside gift shop full of unusual things, and buy special baking, jams, teas and so on. They also have a restaurant that offers great food. This flower was one of the very few remaining blooms. Seems a long, long time till next spring : ( Not sure if this is Striped Mallow / Malva sylvestris, or maybe a different Malva?
Malva "Zebrina' 23W25 Striped Mallow e1- (Striped Mallow) Striped Mallow, Mature plant size: 2-4ft., pink purple, USDA Hardiness Zone 4, Michigan Bloom Month 6c, In Garden Bed e1 for 0 DAYS (¿). Planted in 2023.
Perennials.com: An old Cottage-garden favourite, this cousin to the Hollyhock has similar satiny flowers in a soft lavender-purple shade, exotically striped with deep maroon veins. It forms an upright, bushy mound that may need to be staked if grown in rich soil. This is a short-lived perennial or biennial, often flowering itself to death in the first year, but coming back the next year from self-sown seedlings. Excellent in containers, or the sunny border. In cold regions this is well worth growing, because of the long blooming season. Flowers are attractive to butterflies. Also known as Striped Mallow.
Soft pink flowers with raspberry-purple veins, achieving a pinwheel effect. Short lived perennial, self seeds. Self seeding in V2, no sign in K5
Photo by F.D.Richards, SE Michigan. Link to additional photos of this plant from 2023:
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#Michigan, #49236, #usdaZone6, #Perennial, #Malva, #Mallow, #StripedMallow, #SelfSeeds, #23W25
Malva "Zebrina' 23W25 Striped Mallow e1- (Striped Mallow) Striped Mallow, Mature plant size: 2-4ft., pink purple, USDA Hardiness Zone 4, Michigan Bloom Month 6c, In Garden Bed e1 for 0 DAYS (¿). Planted in 2023.
Perennials.com: An old Cottage-garden favourite, this cousin to the Hollyhock has similar satiny flowers in a soft lavender-purple shade, exotically striped with deep maroon veins. It forms an upright, bushy mound that may need to be staked if grown in rich soil. This is a short-lived perennial or biennial, often flowering itself to death in the first year, but coming back the next year from self-sown seedlings. Excellent in containers, or the sunny border. In cold regions this is well worth growing, because of the long blooming season. Flowers are attractive to butterflies. Also known as Striped Mallow.
Soft pink flowers with raspberry-purple veins, achieving a pinwheel effect. Short lived perennial, self seeds. Self seeding in V2, no sign in K5
Photo by F.D.Richards, SE Michigan. Link to additional photos of this plant from 2023:
www.flickr.com/search/?user_id=50697352%40N00&sort=da...
#Michigan, #49236, #usdaZone6, #Perennial, #Malva, #Mallow, #StripedMallow, #SelfSeeds, #23W25
Malva "Zebrina' 23W25 Striped Mallow e1- (Striped Mallow) Striped Mallow, Mature plant size: 2-4ft., pink purple, USDA Hardiness Zone 4, Michigan Bloom Month 6c, In Garden Bed e1 for 0 DAYS (¿). Planted in 2023.
Perennials.com: An old Cottage-garden favourite, this cousin to the Hollyhock has similar satiny flowers in a soft lavender-purple shade, exotically striped with deep maroon veins. It forms an upright, bushy mound that may need to be staked if grown in rich soil. This is a short-lived perennial or biennial, often flowering itself to death in the first year, but coming back the next year from self-sown seedlings. Excellent in containers, or the sunny border. In cold regions this is well worth growing, because of the long blooming season. Flowers are attractive to butterflies. Also known as Striped Mallow.
Soft pink flowers with raspberry-purple veins, achieving a pinwheel effect. Short lived perennial, self seeds. Self seeding in V2, no sign in K5
Photo by F.D.Richards, SE Michigan. Link to additional photos of this plant from 2023:
www.flickr.com/search/?user_id=50697352%40N00&sort=da...
#Michigan, #49236, #usdaZone6, #Perennial, #Malva, #Mallow, #StripedMallow, #SelfSeeds, #23W25
Malva "Zebrina' 23W25 Striped Mallow e1- (Striped Mallow) Striped Mallow, Mature plant size: 2-4ft., pink purple, USDA Hardiness Zone 4, Michigan Bloom Month 6c, In Garden Bed e1 for 0 DAYS (¿). Planted in 2023.
Perennials.com: An old Cottage-garden favourite, this cousin to the Hollyhock has similar satiny flowers in a soft lavender-purple shade, exotically striped with deep maroon veins. It forms an upright, bushy mound that may need to be staked if grown in rich soil. This is a short-lived perennial or biennial, often flowering itself to death in the first year, but coming back the next year from self-sown seedlings. Excellent in containers, or the sunny border. In cold regions this is well worth growing, because of the long blooming season. Flowers are attractive to butterflies. Also known as Striped Mallow.
Soft pink flowers with raspberry-purple veins, achieving a pinwheel effect. Short lived perennial, self seeds. Self seeding in V2, no sign in K5
Photo by F.D.Richards, SE Michigan. Link to additional photos of this plant from 2023:
www.flickr.com/search/?user_id=50697352%40N00&sort=da...
#Michigan, #49236, #usdaZone6, #Perennial, #Malva, #Mallow, #StripedMallow, #SelfSeeds, #23W25
Malva "Zebrina' 23W25 Striped Mallow e1- (Striped Mallow) Striped Mallow, Mature plant size: 2-4ft., pink purple, USDA Hardiness Zone 4, Michigan Bloom Month 6c, In Garden Bed e1 for 0 DAYS (¿). Planted in 2023.
Perennials.com: An old Cottage-garden favourite, this cousin to the Hollyhock has similar satiny flowers in a soft lavender-purple shade, exotically striped with deep maroon veins. It forms an upright, bushy mound that may need to be staked if grown in rich soil. This is a short-lived perennial or biennial, often flowering itself to death in the first year, but coming back the next year from self-sown seedlings. Excellent in containers, or the sunny border. In cold regions this is well worth growing, because of the long blooming season. Flowers are attractive to butterflies. Also known as Striped Mallow.
Soft pink flowers with raspberry-purple veins, achieving a pinwheel effect. Short lived perennial, self seeds. Self seeding in V2, no sign in K5
Photo by F.D.Richards, SE Michigan. Link to additional photos of this plant from 2023:
www.flickr.com/search/?user_id=50697352%40N00&sort=da...
#Michigan, #49236, #usdaZone6, #Perennial, #Malva, #Mallow, #StripedMallow, #SelfSeeds, #23W25
Malva "Zebrina' 23W25 Striped Mallow e1- (Striped Mallow) Striped Mallow, Mature plant size: 2-4ft., pink purple, USDA Hardiness Zone 4, Michigan Bloom Month 6c, In Garden Bed e1 for 0 DAYS (¿). Planted in 2023.
Perennials.com: An old Cottage-garden favourite, this cousin to the Hollyhock has similar satiny flowers in a soft lavender-purple shade, exotically striped with deep maroon veins. It forms an upright, bushy mound that may need to be staked if grown in rich soil. This is a short-lived perennial or biennial, often flowering itself to death in the first year, but coming back the next year from self-sown seedlings. Excellent in containers, or the sunny border. In cold regions this is well worth growing, because of the long blooming season. Flowers are attractive to butterflies. Also known as Striped Mallow.
Soft pink flowers with raspberry-purple veins, achieving a pinwheel effect. Short lived perennial, self seeds. Self seeding in V2, no sign in K5
Photo by F.D.Richards, SE Michigan. Link to additional photos of this plant from 2023:
www.flickr.com/search/?user_id=50697352%40N00&sort=da...
#Michigan, #49236, #usdaZone6, #Perennial, #Malva, #Mallow, #StripedMallow, #SelfSeeds, #23W25
Malva Sylvestris Zebrina, cousin to Hollyhock -- New to my garden. Bought this in Indiana - wish I had purchased a couple more!
Old-fashioned cottage garden favorite has crinkly, rich green leaves accented by satiny pink flowers with raspberry streaks. Attracts bees and is a host plant for the Grey Hairstreak butterfly, Strymon melinus. These plants are ideally suited to the middle or back of the border and reach about 4 feet in height. Will self-seed when happy, but unwanted seedlings are easily pulled or can be shared.
"Malva ""Zebrina', 2017, [Striped Mallow], MAL-vuh, 2-4 ft. #Perennial, USDA Hardiness Zone 4, pink purple, Bloom Month 6c, In Garden Bed K5 V2 for 1.8 YEARS.
Soft pink flowers with raspberry-purple veins, achieving a pinwheel effect. Short lived perennial, self seeds. Self seeding in V2, no sign in K5
#Malva #StripedMallow
"Malva ""Zebrina', 2017, [Striped Mallow], MAL-vuh, 2-4 ft. #Perennial, USDA Hardiness Zone 4, pink purple, Bloom Month --, In Garden Bed K5 V2 for 1.8 YEARS.
Soft pink flowers with raspberry-purple veins, achieving a pinwheel effect. Short lived perennial, self seeds. Self seeding in V2, no sign in K5
#Malva #StripedMallow
"Malva 'Zebrina' 24w39 9yo Striped Mallow V4 (Zebrina) Striped Mallow, 2-4ft.@ Maturity, pink purple, Hardy to Zone 4, Garden V4 (SRC Lowes) PLTD 2015.
Soft pink flowers with raspberry-purple veins, achieving a pinwheel effect. Short lived perennial, self seeds. Self seeding in V2, no sign in K5
Photo by F.D.Richards, Washtenaw County, Michigan. Creative Commons Copyright CC BY-SA 4.0.
Link to additional photos of this plant on my Flickr account from 2015, 16, 17, 24*:
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Malva 'Zebrina' 24w39 9yo