Can anyone please tell me if this is a flower or weed,
it is growing on the bank at the side of my allotment.

http://wally1002.tripod.com/id/DSCF0735.JPG

If it's a weed I want to get rid before it takes over.

Thank you

Wally

In message , Wally
writes
Can anyone please tell me if this is a flower or weed,
it is growing on the bank at the side of my allotment.

http://wally1002.tripod.com/id/DSCF0735.JPG

Malva, probably Malva sylvestris (common mallow).

It is both a cultivated flower and a wild-flower.

If it's a weed I want to get rid before it takes over.

Mallows tend to be short-lived, when not annual or biennial. Whether it
will take over may depend on where you are - they don't seed around much
with me. It doesn't spread vegetatively.

Thank you
Wally



--
Stewart Robert Hinsley

Stewart Robert Hinsley wrote:
In message , Wally
writes
Can anyone please tell me if this is a flower or weed,
it is growing on the bank at the side of my allotment.

http://wally1002.tripod.com/id/DSCF0735.JPG

Malva, probably Malva sylvestris (common mallow).

It is both a cultivated flower and a wild-flower.

If it's a weed I want to get rid before it takes over.

Mallows tend to be short-lived, when not annual or biennial. Whether it
will take over may depend on where you are - they don't seed around much
with me. It doesn't spread vegetatively.

I'd be more concerned about the horsetails...

--
Jeff

In message , Jeff Layman
writes
Stewart Robert Hinsley wrote:
In message , Wally
writes
Can anyone please tell me if this is a flower or weed,
it is growing on the bank at the side of my allotment.

http://wally1002.tripod.com/id/DSCF0735.JPG

Malva, probably Malva sylvestris (common mallow).

It is both a cultivated flower and a wild-flower.

If it's a weed I want to get rid before it takes over.

Mallows tend to be short-lived, when not annual or biennial. Whether it
will take over may depend on where you are - they don't seed around much
with me. It doesn't spread vegetatively.

I'd be more concerned about the horsetails...

Or what appears to be montbretia.
--
Stewart Robert Hinsley

"Stewart Robert Hinsley" wrote in message
...
In message , Wally
writes
Can anyone please tell me if this is a flower or weed,
it is growing on the bank at the side of my allotment.

http://wally1002.tripod.com/id/DSCF0735.JPG

Malva, probably Malva sylvestris (common mallow).

It is both a cultivated flower and a wild-flower.

If it's a weed I want to get rid before it takes over.

Mallows tend to be short-lived, when not annual or biennial. Whether it
will take over may depend on where you are - they don't seed around much
with me. It doesn't spread vegetatively.

Thank you
Wally



--
Stewart Robert Hinsley

Thanks Stewart

"Jeff Layman" wrote in message
...
Stewart Robert Hinsley wrote:
In message , Wally
writes
Can anyone please tell me if this is a flower or weed,
it is growing on the bank at the side of my allotment.

http://wally1002.tripod.com/id/DSCF0735.JPG

Malva, probably Malva sylvestris (common mallow).

It is both a cultivated flower and a wild-flower.

If it's a weed I want to get rid before it takes over.

Mallows tend to be short-lived, when not annual or biennial. Whether it
will take over may depend on where you are - they don't seed around much
with me. It doesn't spread vegetatively.

I'd be more concerned about the horsetails...

--
Jeff


Yes I am concerned about it Jeff and working on it.

"Stewart Robert Hinsley" wrote...
after Wally asked

Can anyone please tell me if this is a flower or weed,
it is growing on the bank at the side of my allotment.

http://wally1002.tripod.com/id/DSCF0735.JPG

Malva, probably Malva sylvestris (common mallow).

It is both a cultivated flower and a wild-flower.

If it's a weed I want to get rid before it takes over.

Mallows tend to be short-lived, when not annual or biennial. Whether it
will take over may depend on where you are - they don't seed around much
with me. It doesn't spread vegetatively.

Stewart, we had a similar plant on our plot, digging it all out seems to
have cured the problem as any seedlings can be hoed off like all the other
weeds.

--
Regards
Bob Hobden
just W. of London

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"Jeff Layman" wrote in message
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Stewart Robert Hinsley wrote:
In message , Wally
writes
Can anyone please tell me if this is a flower or weed,
it is growing on the bank at the side of my allotment.

http://wally1002.tripod.com/id/DSCF0735.JPG

Malva, probably Malva sylvestris (common mallow).

It is both a cultivated flower and a wild-flower.

If it's a weed I want to get rid before it takes over.

Mallows tend to be short-lived, when not annual or biennial. Whether it
will take over may depend on where you are - they don't seed around much
with me. It doesn't spread vegetatively.

I'd be more concerned about the horsetails...

--
Jeff


Yes I am concerned about it Jeff and working on it.

When you've got rid of it, we'd all like to know how :-)

Steve

Stewart Robert Hinsley wrote:
In message , Jeff Layman
writes
Stewart Robert Hinsley wrote:
In message , Wally
writes
Can anyone please tell me if this is a flower or weed,
it is growing on the bank at the side of my allotment.

http://wally1002.tripod.com/id/DSCF0735.JPG

Malva, probably Malva sylvestris (common mallow).

It is both a cultivated flower and a wild-flower.

If it's a weed I want to get rid before it takes over.

Mallows tend to be short-lived, when not annual or biennial. Whether it
will take over may depend on where you are - they don't seed around much
with me. It doesn't spread vegetatively.

I'd be more concerned about the horsetails...

Or what appears to be montbretia.

And I thought I was the only one who gets funny looks when referring to it
as "That noxious weed" when visiting gardens! I will admit that it does look
good when in flower, but so does muscari...

--
Jeff