RE: Malva mystery (Fastigiata that is)

Hi Jeanne,  I had several Malva fastigiata in pots sitting on gravel in the
nursery last year that bloomed and dropped seed into the gravel.  Last fall
I noticed these little seedlings coming up in the gravel, so I pulled them
out as gently as I could and put them in 4" pots.  They are looking great
this spring and are dead ringers for the parent plant.  What you have coming
up doesn't sound like the plant you were hoping for, but you should be able
to tell what it is pretty soon.  Sometimes spring mysteries turn out well,
so I wouldn't give up on them yet.
Marilyn Dube'
Natural Design Plants
Hardy Perennials, Choice Tropicals
Portland, OR   Zone 8b

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From:	owner-perennials@mallorn.com [owner-perennials@mallorn.com] On
Behalf Of jeanne latta
Sent:	Monday, April 19, 1999 6:29 AM
To:	perennial list
Subject:	Malva mystery (Fastigiata that is)

Hi everyone,
   As usual I am puzzled and would like to hear from
anyone who has Malva fastigiata seedlings coming up.
   Last year I planted a Malva that I purchased from
White Flower Farm and it grew and bloomed very nicely.
 It was advertised as a plant that was that self-sowed
very generously.  I planted it in a sunny area (6ft x
3ft) that had nothing else planted there except for
bulbs that bloom in the spring.  I was enthusiastic
about the prospect of many new seedling plants which
would fill in that area.  I did not (I repeat DID NOT)
deadhead this plant at all.  A couple of weeks ago, I
noticed many little seedlings popping up around the
parent plant and by now several of the seedlings have
gotten quite big.  A couple have 5 or 6 leaves and are
about 4" tall.  HOWEVER, the seedlings don't look like
the parent plant!!  The leaves of the parent plant are
lobed and quite ruffled looking.  In color, they are a
dark matte green.  The leaves of all these seedlings
are a lighter green, sort of spade shaped, and have a
shiny leathery look to them.  (no lobes and no
ruffles). Since nothing else was planted there, I
figure they have to be Malva seedlings.  I read
somewhere once that sometimes there are plants,
(hybrids) that revert when they reseed to the original
stock.  Could that be the case here?  Does anyone else
have Malva seedlings that look like mine? What is
happening in my garden?
Jeanne (zone 5 Akron Ohio)

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Jeanne
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