Late last summer I saw this tiny weed in amongst some nettles and dandelions. It wasn’t faring too well but it had a few beautiful, floppy white flowers so I took a photo and looked up what it was. Turns out it was a solitary Common Mallow that had somehow found its way to us. I certainly hadn’t seen any around our place before so I decided to get the rest of the weeds out and nurse it through the winter.

One winter and one exuberant puppy later it had made it to the Summer. It is now just under a metre tall and has a huge number of flowers thar are just starting to bud. I’m going to let it go to seed and see if I can get it growing round the back, which is just loose stones on an unmarked farm road.