My Foxgloves from seed

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  1. Netty

    Netty Chaotic Gardener Plants Contributor

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    I've been waiting for a long time for these beauties to bloom!
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    Worth the wait I think!
     
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  3. CritterPainter

    CritterPainter Awed by Nature

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    Really beautiful! I have many of the wild ones here, the color on yours is a nice change.
     
  4. Gizmo

    Gizmo Animal Magnet

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    Very pretty blooms what a nice find on your Birthday Netty.
     
  5. eileen

    eileen Resident Taxonomist Staff Member Moderator Plants Contributor

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    Well they were definatly well worth waiting for Netty. :D For some reason mine haven't come up this year and I really don't know why. :-? Yours are a lovely colour.
     



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  6. toni

    toni Mistress of Garden Junque Staff Member Moderator Plants Contributor

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    I planted three Foxgloves a few years ago, they sat and sat all summer then died that fall. I have promised myself to try them again next year, just hope they grow as beautiful as yours.
     
  7. glendann

    glendann Official Garden Angel

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    Those are so very pretty Netty.I have always wanted to plant those.I think next year I will try.I don't see them here in Texas much .I wonder if its because of the heat?It also has digitalis in it and I was warned to be careful if I grew it and handle it with gloves since I have a heart problem and it will get in to the blood stream.I do love the wonderful colors and bell shapes.
     
  8. Hank

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    Aren't they a biennial? or am I thinking of sumthin else?
     
  9. Chitweed

    Chitweed In Flower

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    They are beautiful. The color...so... I don't even know. The spots too. Wow.
    Looks like faeries would want to make dresses of them.
     
  10. toni

    toni Mistress of Garden Junque Staff Member Moderator Plants Contributor

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    Yep, they are biennial. Mine never got any larger than when I planted them and their death was not the natural going into hibernation, they never showed up again. I had ordered them from a mail order source I have not used again.

    I did find some at a garden center today that I might have to go back for this weekend. They looked really healthy and we certainly have lots of growing weather still to come.
     
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    I love these stately beauties. They do NOT grow well here.
     

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