Foxgloves
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- Subject: Foxgloves
- From: L*
- Date: Sat, 10 Jun 2000 07:38:05 +0100
I'm resending these four messages about foxgloves that I
posted 24 hours ago. I didn't receive the digest yesterday
evening, not sure what went wrong and so it doesn't look as
though these messages have gone out. My apologies if you
did already receive them.
Thanks for this Marge. I'll look when mine have finished
flowering to see what the leaves are like at the base.
Another question though. Are the ones that flower for a
second year as tall as those that are flowering for the
first time? Occasionally I come across a foxglove with
several spikes of flower but they are always short (never
taller than three feet, often less) and I've wondered if
these were ones that I accidentally left in from the
previous year.
>D. purpurea is either a biennial or a short-lived
perennial. I
>occasionally have plants that return for a 2nd year of
bloom. Can
>always tell if they are going to because the basal rosette
of foliage
>stays in good condition after bloom. If they aren't going
to return,
>the whole plant rather browns out when they go to seed.
>D. purpurea only has flowers on one side - and, now you
mention it,
>they seem to know which way they ought to face; think it
may have
>something to do with the direction the most light is coming
from, but
>that's just a guess.
Yes, that could be right. I have hedges on either side of
my garden with a path going roughly down the middle of the
garden. The two foxglove borders are between the hedges and
the path - so the plants could be turned towards the lighter
part near the path and away from the darker hedge.
Louise, Surrey, England
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