Garden plant ID

[Matt T]

Is it a mallow, Malva sp.?

[Anthony Darby]

Same as hollyhock in leaf structure.

[olegKon]

Can it be Penstemon serrulatum? At least the plant is similar to what I grow with this name.

[Maggi Young]

Can it be Penstemon serrulatum? At least the plant is similar to what I grow with this name.

Hello Oleg,  I see what you  mean - there are some similarities.
P. serrulatum seems to have a more upright growth and the flower has a pronunced tri-lobed lower lip, which my friend's plant does not have.

I hope you have a great summer!

[Lesley Cox]

Your plant looks a lot my seedlings of the white currant Anthony but you'd be able to tell from the scent of the foliage if it were a currant - of almost any kind.

[Anthony Darby]

Could it be a Geum sp.?

[Maggi Young]

Could it be a Geum?

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My reading of the scale of the leaves would make it a monster Geum, if that were to be so......

[Lesley Cox]

Doesn't look like a Geum to me. Could it be Ye Olde-fashioned Anemone japonica by any chance?

[Anthony Darby]

Time will tell, if the gardener (who lives in Invercargill) lets it flower.

[Matt T]

Maggi's Penstemon looks very similar to P. fruticosus var. scouleri: http://biology.burke.washington.edu/herbarium/imagecollection.php?SciName=Penstemon%20fruticosus%20var.%20scouleri

If it's not this species, it must be in it's parentage?