Here's a picture of my foxglove outside my kitchen door a few summers back. I worked really hard and hopefully this summer they will look as pretty. Last year was a bomb and I don't know why. I will keep you up to date with pics. I know they are biennel but I keep planting new ones every year hoping eventually to have gorgeous blooms every year. We'll see.
Pretty!! And look at that little girl sitting in the middle of everything.
Very nice foxglove. Love your purple door & kitty too. Took this picture yesterday. I was excited as I figured out how to use my macro setting on my camera after 18 months!! Weeee!
I LOVE my macro setting on my camera! Wouldn't be without it--makes flowers and butterflies larger than life. Good pictures and beautiful flowers musicmonkey and BeaHive.
I think everything was close to a disaster last year - well, for me, at least!
They're lovely flowers - have you tried any of the other colors?
So sorry Pagancat. A disaster weatherwise? We had a cool spring here (today it's 60 - on the first day of June). I got chilled standing around outside. That wasn't too much fun for us gardening, but the grass seemed to like it.
Yeah - it's kind of amusing though. It was my first spring and summer here, after moving to TN from Phoenix AZ .... and I was just in love with the spring, the flowering fruit trees, the magnolia, all of the green ..... and as it was, it was severe drought conditions, we had that extra freeze after everything started to bloom and it knocked everything down, but I was on Cloud 9. It was just so beautiful.
So, imagine how I felt *this* spring, when we were ahead of the annual rainfall - even more wild flowers! More blooms in yards! I was overwhelmed, lol! What a sap.
But I understand what you mean about chilly - although that, too, has been lovely here, IMO. Geez, if I keep this up, you guys are gonna think I'm not the pessimist I really am....
Love the pic, and the kitty..
Is yours in full sun?
I have never, ever gotten mine that big...
Can I ask how much sun is the bare minimum foxgloves need? I am not having luck with them in either part sun or part shade.
I have some that are in 1/2 day sun in the afternoon that do well.... and some behind this tree line (can't find a photo.. sorry.. but you will get the idea)... that only gets sun for a few hours at the end of the day... I just threw seeds back there one year and they took off.. when they go to seed now I either throw the seed back further or just flick the plants and scatter them around... they spread very nicely back there
found a picture of my 1/2 day afternoon sun spot... I have two of these.... the other gets more sun than this one and both do just as well
I think they just like rich soil that doesn't dry out. Mine are in both shade and sun (though my sun isn't late-day sun).
Hi all. Sorry to post the picture and not return - like a phantom. Last few days have been crazy busy with end of school stuff. That's my cat, Sophia, a real sweetie. These foxglove are in morning sun and afternoon sun but not hot mid-day sun. Now that you mention it, Katie59, this was the year that I had made up these beds with pure compost from a local organic composting farm. Aha! You might have answered my question. I know that my delphinium need lots of compost to do well but I will bet the foxglove demand the same. I will try spreading some more of that good stuff around each of mine today. I will take some before and after pics for you guys. Great early spring here in Southern Maine!!
Lovely photo, great composition. I like those interesting steps and the lovely cat too. One of my cats is named Sophie. It is summer here, loving it! Thanks for sharing that great photo.
Just a nice fat foxglove
Bea - your foxglove are so fat and healthy. Mine look fine, but aren't nearly as lush looking as yours, I don't thing. Love those pictures with the macro lense.
Katie..this one is chubby. They are not all like that. Must of had pigged out on compost or something. :)
Has anyone grown the chocolate foxgloves? I am receiving a free pack of seeds with a purchase I made. If you have pic's from your gardens I would like to see the finished results before I sow the seeds. Thanks
Oooooooh, chocolate foxglove. Have you looked at Chocolate Flower Farms Nursery to see if they have a picture? They have all things chocolate.
If you order from them, though, check out other people's experiences on this site. I've heard of one that wasn't that good.
I have a picture of the Digitalis parviflora Milk Chocolate seeds that I am receiving. They look from this photo kinda muddy color & dull. Has anyone grown this variety? I would like to see some actual photo's in your gardens before I geminate these.
Yeah, Bea, those do nothing for me. I am all for unusual looking flowers, but they are kind of "muddy" looking. What do you think? Although, they might look kind of interesting with white or yellow foxglove??
You might combine them with something chartreuse like Rhus 'Tiger Eyes' or Physocarpus 'Dart's Gold' or with something with a little orange/red in it like Cotinus coggygria 'Grace' and see what it does to the chocolate.
Ooh, or there was a new Joy Creek grass out last year that is small and has zebra stripes in lighter green. That might provide the contrast it needs to get away from the muddiness.
Thanks for the suggestions. I will have to ponder this for a bit.
In the meanwhile, I have a Pam's Choice (I think) in bloom. It is not fat and sassy like my previous post, but the colors are very pretty.
I like the contrast - white on the outside and dark in the middle.
Music, Your kitchen door and granite doorstep are so picturesque. Is your door really the color of the foxglove as it appears? It' lovely.
My brother and SIL painted their front door a similar color . . . something about a focal point to welcome visitors and lead them in.
Mmm - sounds very fong schway! >smile< ....
Oh BeaHive, I just love the look of the Digitalis parviflora Milk Chocolate. Let me know if you would like to trade some seeds. I also have some seeds from trades that I can Dmail you should you be interested.
Elsa
musicmonkey,
Thanks for sharing your foxglove pic! They are beautiful!
Love the picture, Music! Great colors together!
I just planted some foxglove this year. Can someone explain exactly what biennial means? Does that mean it blooms every other year, or that it only lives 2 years? Does it usually bloom the first year? The plants are looking nice and healthy, but no sign of blooms so far. I don't even know what color they are going to be. . .LOL
blooming every other year is right..... sometimes when I deadhead my foxglove they bloom every year.... some bloom first year and some don't
Some foxglove enjoying the sunshine today!
Thanks Pam -
Yes coincidently the door is a very, very dark plum and the foxglove did compliment it but it was purely by accident. Don't you love wonderful accidents.
BeaHive - your foxglove are yummy! What is the name of that beauty?
I think it is strawberry foxglove..
