Re: Foxgloves

Karan,

I'm not Val...but am delighted to tell you that wildlife does not eat
Digitalis - it's poisonous, even to them, so they leave it strictly alone. 
One of life's pleasures ;-)

Marge Talt, zone 7 Maryland
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> From: Karan Myers <kam@internetcds.com>
> Date: Thursday, December 17, 1998 11:52 AM
> 
> Val, I have Digitalis mertonensis and it is a pretty soft strawberry
color,
> this was the first year for it but I cut the stalks back and it has
divided
> at the base so will see what happens this summer.  I have several started
> and the Apricot one and wild seedlings.  I live where there are wild ones
> in the close by mountains (Oregon) and I collected seeds from some. 
There
> was the most beautiful pink one at least 6 feet tall and a pure white
one.
> When I went back to check on them the road had been widened so they are
> gone.  But they were so pretty. I see seed for the pure white and the
> yellow ones in catalogs and would like to try them.  I guess I as
addicted
> to Foxgloves, I can't get too many! I have deer where I am and now a
little
> jack rabbit so don't know how they will make it or if they will become a
> meal for them.
> Karan
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> At 08:37 AM 12/17/98 -0500, you wrote:
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >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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