Beginner Gardening: What type of foxgloves are these?, 1 by warriorswisdomkathy

warriorswisdomkathy wrote:
On the right are some I grew from seed this winter...they were potted on into 2 1/2" pots back in March...and much larger now.

WeeNel has good advice but also need to add info for you....You are hot and dry where you live, please add peatmoss to your soil before planting (not on top but mixed in)and mulch. It will truely help. Also shade, like WeeNel suggests. Here where I am at (68-6900 feet in Colorado), I can get away with planting in full sun, but at your lower altitude, and hot dry climate, shade would be a definate! Remember, they are not an arid plant, your a zone 9 and I'm presuming your temps range up to 110*+ insummer with avg precipt of less than 10" per year, so give what they want (moisture and rich soil, not sand and clay) and they will reward you with blooms next season... Hope our monsoon season is good to us this year.....here will start in early July< I get my July and August moisture from Arizona in the summer. By the way, what is your altitude? Kathy