Foxgloves, wild?
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  • Subject: Foxgloves, wild?
  • From: A*@aol.com
  • Date: Wed, 18 Jul 2012 17:46:46 -0400 (EDT)
We have just returned from a 10-day trip to Washington State to celebrate 
our
60th anniversary and our oldest son's 59th birthday - same date.  It was a 
great
trip - a bit strenuous but all went well.  I have been to the Northwest 
several 
times before but the thing that I was struck by this time was large stands 
of
Foxgloves (Digitalis purpurea) along the roadsides.  My daughter-in-law 
assured
me they were wild, but I believe they must have been planted by some group
with a beautification program of some sort.  I have done a bit of research, 
and
nothing I can find gives them as a native of this continent.  I have grown 
them here
for years, but they have never spread to the extent of these.  The stands 
were
quite handsome, but I just wonder how they got there.  I never saw them 
before.
Does anyone know about these plants?
 
Auralie

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