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Looks lovely Jacque, I love the red bellis.......

21 May, 2009

 

Foxgloves, I love em. Mine are quite slow getting going this year and I think IO lost quite a few seedlings over the winter. Probably rotted in our horrible clay soil!

21 May, 2009

 

Thanx Milky :) I grew all the Foxgloves in My Border from Seed I Collected last Yr Paul :) But Sadly iv lost the Parent Plants :(

21 May, 2009

 

Well, strictly speaking Jacque, they should die as they are biennials not perrenials but some plants do seem to continue the next year.

21 May, 2009

 

OMG i didnt know that Paul ! I thought Foxgloves were Perrenial :/ Thanx 4 telling me :)

21 May, 2009

 

lovely border Jacque

21 May, 2009

 

If you can find one called D. x mertonensis, it is perennial anda fantastic crushed strawberry colour, although not as elegant as the wild ones.
They were in my 'local' but were €6.99, so I left them and when I relented a few days later ........ yes, they were gone.

22 May, 2009

 

Thanx Eileen :) "D.x mertonensis" il keep an eye open 4 that 1 Vince :)

22 May, 2009

amy
Amy
 

I love the foxgloves ... at this time of the year it looks as though they have taken over my garden , they will be everywhere next year Jacque :o)

22 May, 2009

 

Looks lovely Jacque.

22 May, 2009

 

I have a perrenial Digitalis(Lutea) Jacque/VincentD, but the flowers are tiny and nothing like the spectacle of the biennials. Also, they are particularly rampant spreaders and will swamp other plants if given the opportunity. I nearly lost my lovely red/leaved Penstemon a couple of years ago but rescued it just in time before it was completely smothered!

24 May, 2009

 

Id Love My Foxgloves to Self Seed Amy but il still grow some myself Just Incase they dont ;) Glad u like this Border 2 Dawn :) Think il stick with My Lovely Foxgloves iv already got Paul :)

25 May, 2009

 

Very nice Jacque.

26 May, 2009

 

Thanx Clarice This Border is only a Year Old :)

26 May, 2009

 

The other trick to keep Digitalis for a few years is to pinch the flowers off 1 or 2 stems and they may keep the plant going. Worth it if you find a really good form.

26 May, 2009

mje
Mje
 

Really nice Jacque that the type of boarder I want to get... :>)

27 May, 2009

 

Looking lovely Jacque....foxgloves are a super backdrop and statement plant....like Vincent says...if you cut the main stem off when its dying, all the other small ones will grow tall too!

27 May, 2009

 

il give it ago Vince/Janey Thanx :) Im sure u can get this Look Mic its very easy :)

28 May, 2009



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