Malva rosa (Lavatera assurgentiflora) is a mallow with showy flowers that look like small hibiscus flowers. They bloom much of the year. Each flower has five dark-veined deep pink petals. It is a perennial or shrub in the mallow family, native primarily to the Channel Islands.
Malva rosa attracts many species of butterfly.
This plant can handle summer irrigation, up to every other week, as long as the soil is well drained. You should prune branches back annually to maintain a compact form.