Took these yesterday evening. We grew them under a tree on the half plot where nothing else was gonna grow. They look just beautiful and there are no other coloured ones any where near so they just might produce true seed if anyone wants some when they set.
They are lovely Shirl. I tried a few seed but germination was zilch, maybe I kept compost too damp. May I put my name down for a few seeds when they are ready please?
Lorna
Sure Lorna, You are more than welcome love
Stunning
Beautiful Shirlton :) I love foxgloves. We have a few but ours are nowhere near flowering yet.
The pic doesn't really do them justice.They are a beautiful pink. Makes a change from the purple. i have white ones too. mat try a mix of them and see what happens.
Many thanks Shirl.
Lorna
One of our favourites. We also have cream ones which are a nice change.
Gorgeous! Thanks for posting :)
I can imagine it looks an amazing display!
They look stunning, Thanks for sharing the pics :)
Lauren
They look gorgeous,fab display of them :)
Oh! I've been admireing my own (2) foxgloves today - now you've blown them out of the water!
I'd love some seeds when the time comes. Mine are just the standard pink. I still love them though.
They are standing up really well to the winds today.
Took this one in the wood yesterday. Never tried to get the seed. Is it an easy job?
Oh WOW Ken, what a stunning picture.
I will now take more notice of the Foxgloves in future.
Lauren :)
Go back when the flower's over, you can get loads of seed. since it's a biennial, you really need to plant it two years running.
i have a lonely yellow foxglove given to me by an aunt
Debs
very pretty :)
Those really are gorgeous Shirl. If you've any spare seed, could I beg some? Could send you some white in return.
I will collect the seeds and put a post in swapshop soon as ok
we've got one in the crack in the pavement, along with wild poppies and a self seeded granny's bonnet, amazing..we plant flowers with spaces, thay don't care :)
Shirlton: Great pics. Even better than my foxgloves! ;D
I have managed to get some 'foxies' to grow this year in my garden for the first time. A Mixture of species 'purpurea' and a similar hybrid mixture. Colours mostly pinks and purples, but also some glorious white ones. I have them planted in my woodland borders under pine trees where they look perfectly at home, plus a few others dotted elswhere in the garden. The look great. I plan to let them set seed and naturalise where they want to grow, however I know full well that anything could come up next year and will probably loose the white ones in time.
I also plan to add to them by sowing more seed. i have seed of a nice yellow one, plus the rest of the packet that gave me all the pastel shades. That way might be able to get a good mix of colours in time.