another dumb question
By Mookins
Norfolk,
United Kingdom 
I know foxgloves are bennial, so mine are at the leafy stage now so next year they should bloom...
do they have to be bought in over winter or covered up or do they just die back themselves?
On plant
Foxgloves
11 Sep, 2009
Answers
right brilliant cheers
and ... sorry ... my alcea rosea are flowering this year, do bennial flower more than once? or is that it? can never remember
not that it wasnt worth while they are huge and flowered really well
x x x
11 Sep, 2009
Alcea rosea are actually perennial, but the recommendation is to treat them as biennial because they tend to get rust if left longer. I'd leave them in and see what they do next year ,if you like them - if they get rust, haul them out.
11 Sep, 2009
right o...thanks again
so confusing hehehe
x x x
11 Sep, 2009
Hi Mookins. I love foxgloves too. You can buy 'perienniel foxglove' seeds from GCs. Really easy to grow. I got some about 4 weeks ago and have loads of wee seedlings to plant out now in Oct. Perennial foxgloves do sound too good to be true though. Maybe someone (?Bamboo) can tell us if they are for real...lol
11 Sep, 2009
Glad you asked that question about foxgloves Mookins, I'v got a lush one growing in one of my pots that housed some lillies, it settled there on its own , and I was at a loss as to what to do with it -------now I know !!!
11 Sep, 2009
May I also ask about dahlias my neighbour can grow them hers are tall and come up year after year from reseeding themselves I think. Mine also in partial shade were short and stumpy hardly flowered at all. I started with good plants.
11 Sep, 2009
Just leave them where they are - they overwinter just fine, might look a bit tatty at the end of it, but they'll grow beautifully next year.
11 Sep, 2009