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June 9, 2007 | #1 |
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Foxgloves:
Came home the other night and Suz picked up these:
Poison I know .. but pretty ~ Tom
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My green thumb came only as a result of the mistakes I made while learning to see things from the plant's point of view. ~ H. Fred Ale Last edited by Tomstrees; June 9, 2008 at 09:28 AM. Reason: moved pic file |
June 9, 2007 | #2 |
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ooops - dont know how that mater bloom got in there ! lol ~
Tom
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June 9, 2007 | #3 |
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these are my favorites - and DEER-PROOF
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June 10, 2007 | #4 |
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Tom, great pictures! I love foxglove, but they really don't like extreme heat. Sometimes I grow them as spring annuals here.
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June 11, 2007 | #5 |
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I didn't know they are deer proof !
They are 1 of Suz fav. flowers ... her other is "Bleeding Heart" ... but the smaller fern-like foliage one ~ Tom
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June 11, 2007 | #6 |
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Tom,
I have lots of seed for yellow foxgloves if you want another colour. Zana |
June 12, 2007 | #7 |
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Zana,
I would LOVE a yellow !!! PM me when you get a chance please ~ Tom
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June 12, 2007 | #8 |
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Tom,
Check your pm's Zana |
June 14, 2007 | #9 |
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Zana,
You've got mail ~ Tom
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June 14, 2007 | #10 |
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Tom,
You've got mail now....lol! Zana |
June 9, 2008 | #11 |
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Here are our foxgloves this season !!! they are monsters !
Also, I thought they would flower every other year ??? ~ Tom
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June 9, 2008 | #12 |
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How pretty, Tom! Do they re-seed themselves?
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June 9, 2008 | #13 |
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Thats exactly what I thought: but the plants never died over the winter!
~ Tom
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June 9, 2008 | #14 |
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Some Foxgloves (digitalis) are or seem to be perennial. I am in zone 5 with some planted in an exposed north facing garden bed. The same clump keeps growing and growing larger annually, without completely dying off over the winter. Yes they will self-sow, if you let them. And that will add to the expansion.
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June 10, 2008 | #15 |
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The pic is gone. I grow all kind of supposedly difficult to grow plants, but I can't grow the supposedly easy ones like foxglove. I think they are so pretty too.
Remy
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