'Mystical Merlin' Malva

The malva family is one of my very favorite group of plants which includes one of my cottage garden favorites, hollyhocks. These are a miniature version of the hollyhock in a lovely variety named 'Mystic Merlin' with a love purple and also a blue striped flower. I planted 25 of these and the first have opened today and are gorgeous. I have quite a lot of the very tall hollyhocks planted as well but these small malvas are just enchanting!