possibly a mallow---( senior moment can't remember is cultivated name! )must have been some seeds about, Lavatera thats what I'm thinking of both annual and perennial varieties

Hi Jai,

I think these are Lavatera trimestris, which is an annual.

It may be that the Alliums perished but that their compost contained seed of the Lavatera.

Snap, Pam!

pleased you confirmed my guess Ilex :0))

Bye the way welcome to Goy Jai--- have a look around its a friendly site with lots of info about plant etc.........

It's either Malva or Lavatera. I think Lavatera grows bigger. What are the leaves like further up the stems and how high do the plants grow Jai?

Does the cemetery have rabbits? They eat Alliums, which could explain their disappearance. Even if you haven't seen them about they may pass through and eat anything tasty at dawn. I'm amazed by the things that grow in my new rabbit-proof garden - I used to blame the non-appearance of lots of plants on slugs and snails. I only moved to the house next door to the last one, so I'm sure my new garden is populated by the first cousins of the previous garden's mollusc inhabitants, but I'm forced to the conclusion that we had rabbits there as well. And I've seen them in my old garden through the windows of my new house. I'll bet they listened for the slam of the back door & belted for the bushes which is why I never saw them.

Beattie, there are some widely available compact forms of L. trimestris that only reach 18 inches or so in height, although these plants in the pics do look particularity dwarf. The smaller Malvas have rather different basal foliage I think. Either way they are certainly Mallows!