Solved Unknown shrub

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  1. Bavarian

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    Hi
    I need help to identify the shrub on the right, with the pink flowers and the delicate foliage.
    Any suggestian is appreciated
    thank you

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    Hi @Bavarian welcome to GC.. I am not sure but it makes me think of a trailing geranium, but I am sure someone else will be along that will know.. :spinning:
     
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    pete Growing a bit of this and a bit of that....

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    Looks slightly Hibiscus like to me.
     
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      I would suggest Rubus arcticus.
       
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      Sorry, not a Geranium, their flowers are all together in an umbel not along the stem.

      I agree with @pete , the leaves look similar to my Hibiscus Bluebird.
       
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        I love Hibiscus and thought of that but the leaves don't look right.. @KFF if it was Hibiscus bluebird it would have have blue flowers not red..
         
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          Nope, I think it is a Trailing Mallow - Sphaeralcea philippiana.. @pete
           
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            @Marley Farley , you make me laugh sometimes :)

            I think I know what colour " Bluebird " is. I just said that i agreed with pete with it looking like a Hibiscus.
             
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              Well thank you :smile: that’s ok then @KFF the world would be a sorrier place if we couldn’t make people laugh :SUNsmile:
               
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                Marley Farley i think youre right it definitly looks like a trailing mallow, now i can ask in a garden center what i was looking for

                Thanks everybody for your input:ThankYou:
                 
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