Candy Mountain foxglove...ugh, its gone!

13 years ago

Do you rip out plants sometimes..

I couldnt STAND candy mountain after it flowered.. everything turned brown.. dont get me wrong, Ive grown foxgloves for years.. I know some browing is just going to happen...

But this.. egads, it all turned brown, maybe too much sun I dont know.. but no waiting on seeds for this one..

I ripped it out.. The big bare spot will go to something else next year.. Always room for more amaranthus!

Silverkelt

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drippy
13 years ago
That's the beauty of wintersowing. You can always replace something you don't like.
loisthegardener_nc7b
13 years ago
LOL, That's one of the few foxglove I dont like either.
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pippi21
13 years ago
I have never tried growing foxgloves but it is on my wish list for 2011..now this post makes me wonder. maybe others will chime in with their experience and opinion of this beautiful flower that always looks so perfect in seed catalogs and flower magazines and books. First time I've read any complaints about it. Is this true experience with all varieties of foxglove or just Candy Mountain? They are short lived?
dorisl
13 years ago
They can go either way, sometimes they might bloom some more if you cut it back and sometimes they just turn brown and yuk. I guess it just depends.....

D

Ive got a couple that keep making a few more flowers on top and some they just have seed pods and so far this year, nothing has turned brown, yet, anyway.
silverkelt
Original Author
13 years ago
Ive grown several types.. Ive had Camelot give a sporadic second flowering..

I just didnt like Candy Mountain after it flowered...

I liked the flowers, but I wasnt prepared for the foiliage to turn that ick brown that quick, or I wouldve had something else growing closer to it or something..
deanna in ME Barely zone 6a, more like 5b
13 years ago
Well, I already have the seeds for next year's WS. It looked so beautiful on the seed packet. We'll see how it goes.
silverkelt
Original Author
13 years ago
oh the flowers are terrific.. I just dont know about keeping it for any length of time.. up to you, maybe you can hide the foilage better than me, I had it in a prime spot, very visible from the window .. looked very bad!

Silverkelt

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