Questions about Foxglove / Digitalis purpurea �Camelot Lavender�
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Comments (24)redrumed, thanks about the photos. It was probably just luck. For every success I have 4 or more failures for sure. Now I could have taken their choice, but I ordered from T&M on their sale and got that brown foxglove free. What on earth am I going to do with that if it grows? I also ordered a 2 different packets of the yellow ones, hope one is the true perennial and that it grows. I've got one more plant just starting to put up bloom stalks, more toward the shade, same side, beds line the front sidewalk to the house, and found another plant on the other side I forgot I put there. Maybe it will yet bloom as it's not in deep shade like the two I dug out. I had some siberian wallflowers that went crazy which is probably part of the problem with blooming. Most had gone to seed by a few days ago so I cut them way down, so that might help the plants they were shading/crowding plus they may rebloom in the fall. Actually if you don't have much going and like orange, I highly recommend those sib wallflowers. They bloom for a long period and make a real color splash before other perennials including roses and iris are ready to bloom. Also I found the perennial form of Baby's Breath, gyposophilia, they are thicker and taller this year but haven't bloomed yet. I think I got those at Seeds Trust but could be mistaken. I'm waiting for my son to come get the two foxglove plants, and they don't seem to mind at all having been dug up several days ago and potted but it might be too late for them to bloom. Raining AGAIN and the siren is going off. These constant rains are totally crazy we're having here in Iowa....See Morehelp me with foxglove
Comments (17)Ellenr, Digitalis x mertonensis is a hybrid of Digitalis purpurea (biennial) and D. grandiflora (perennial) and is supposed to grow like a short-lived perennial. I don't think your seeds are going to sprout until it warms up so don't worry. Although Foxglove is pretty hardy, and remains semi-evergreen over the winter even in my zone. I've winter-sown D. purpurea and bought plants - it is pretty much biennial but sometimes comes back for a 3rd year if deadheaded. D. grandiflora has been reliably perennial. Oddly, I tried to winter-sow D. grandiflora 2 years in a row (commercial seeds) with NO germination. But the plants I bought from Bluestone, have reseeded in the gardens nicely! Go figure....See MoreDigitalis purpurea Foxy
Comments (5)I now grow Foxy every year after messing around with all kinds of other foxgloves. "Blooms the first year" is a bit of a misnomer, IMO. They are biennial and bloom in the second year. When we buy the seedlings in the fall or early spring here on the coast, they are essentially ready for their second year. They may have had a short and forced first year, but when we get them they are ready to go towards bloom. FHI, they are bigger and better if you plant them in Nov/Dec, if you can. I did two batches this year, side by side. There is no comparison in height and bloom. The Fall batch went 6' and the February batch is barely getting to 3'. I cut the big stalk off when it's not fun to look at anymore. There are usually lots of side blooms on the original stalks and new rosettes will grow from the base, so there will be more, usually shorter blooms. But the heat and dryness make me bail on them by mid June. Really depends on whether or not your location can keep them happy temp and water wise. They can go longer in part shade, but then they don't bloom as well for me. And with shade comes the leaning.... Enjoy!...See MoreFoxglove digitalis, how much do your hummingbirds like them?
Comments (14)I have a couple types of Foxglove growing in my hummingbird bed, including Digitalis purpurea and grandiflora. I love Foxglove and the hummers nectar at it sometimes, although it doesn't seem to be their favorite plants. The hummingbird's favorite 3 plants that I grow are - Monarda didyma (red bee balm) - Lobelia cardinalis - Yvonne's Salvia - which is a tall cultivar of Salvia splendens Also growing Ipomoea sloteri/Cardinal climber which is a very vigorous annual vine with red tubular flowers that will cover a trellis pretty quickly and the hummers love it. Other plants I'm growing this year that the hummers like are Salvia coccinea - 'Lady in Red' and 'Coral nymph'. They will sometimes nectar from other assorted flowers, like Cleome, Phlox, Buddleia, Dicentra, Columbine, Heucheras, Hosta, etc....See More- 10 years ago
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