Indian Mallow

Here are a few pictures of one of my favorites in the yard, the Indian Mallow. This bush nearly succumbed to the freeze last winter, but has rebounded and is covered with blooms again.

The leaves are soft like velvet, and fuzzy, very nice to the touch, and the blooms are curious in that they only open about three quarters of the way. Despite putting out hundreds of seed pods, I've never been able to get get any of them to produce new plants. No matter, I don't have room to plant any more, anyway. I also love the color of the blooms, they're nothing like anything else I have in the yard.