Foxgloves
- To: perennials@mallorn.com
- Subject: Foxgloves
- From: l*@teamzeon.com
- Date: Thu, 17 Dec 1998 08:37:39 -0500
Valerie Lowery@ZEON
12/17/98 08:37 AM
Alicia, I love my foxgloves. Again, they don't scatter seed very well in
my garden. I've tried to help them out, but the summers can be brutal on
young plants and they don't like heat/humidity very well. I have to start
seeds indoors and let the plants grow to fill quart containers before
setting them outside. Then, I try to put them in a shaded part of the yard
to grow out for the year because the summer sun will fry them to a crisp.
After blooming the plants look ratty to me. Again, I cut them all back
except for a few stems that I hope will drop seed.
Last year's display was wonderful because it didn't get very cold this
winter and the plants grew huge. I bought some yellow perennial foxgloves
(digitalis ambigua -- Ha! Ha! I brought my book into work with me and now I
can quote some latin names) and was disappointed with their first year, so
I'm eager to see what they do this spring.
Has anyone tried the Merton foxgloves (digitalis mertoniensis)? They are
touted to be perennial also, and come in the strawberry shades that I like.
Are they truly perennial? This one catalog says that the foliage stays
nice all summer...
Val in KY
zone 6a
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