Re: Malva mystery (Fastigiata that is)

In a message dated 4/19/1999 8:31:49 AM Central Daylight Time, 
jplatta@yahoo.com writes:

<<  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?  >>

No, the second set of leaves will have lobed leaves.  The malvas first form a 
rosette of leaves that look a little diffrent than the stem leaves of 
flowering plants but the leaves are still indented and have the same light 
green color.

Paul

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