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Foxgloves

12 replies

EastWestWhosBest · 03/08/2021 15:25

I planted some foxgloves this year that I grew last year. They have plenty of leaves but no flower spikes.
Will they just fail, flower later or hang on until next year?

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NanTheWiser · 03/08/2021 15:27

They’ll probably hang on now, I expect.

swashbucklecheer · 03/08/2021 15:28

I think they'll flower next yr. Then self seed everywhere and you'll never be without them lol

crimsonlake · 03/08/2021 17:57

They do not all only flower the second year as I sowed some seeds and had about 50 foxgloves the first year. Despite allowing them to self seed I have zero this year, how that happened I do not know.
I never have any luck with poppies and for some reason they are popping up everywhere.

LaurieSchafferIsAllBitterNow · 03/08/2021 18:01

mine are very slow off the mark this year, I had some years back and they self seeded about the yard and last year was triumphant, one of them was six feet tall!

I thought i had about half a dozen earlier this month, they flowered, but there are finally loads of little green rosettes poking up round and about.
I think the longish cold snap earlier (in May?) did them no favours

EllaBlaire · 03/08/2021 20:15

Foxgloves are biennials, each plant lives for 2 years, flowering in the second year.

EllaBlaire · 03/08/2021 20:19

Sorry, ignore my post, just seen that this is their second year… maybe yours are triennials!

crimsonlake · 03/08/2021 22:41

As I said mine flowered hhe first year, gone completely the second.

ErrolTheDragon · 03/08/2021 22:54

Quite a lot of 'biennials' don't necessarily stick to a rigid 2 year cycle.

NCkitchen · 04/08/2021 23:51

Sorry to hijack...

I grow seedlings last year. They flowered this year. Do I pull them out now or will they grow again next year?

Thank you

MereDintofPandiculation · 05/08/2021 08:41

@NCkitchen

Sorry to hijack...

I grow seedlings last year. They flowered this year. Do I pull them out now or will they grow again next year?

Thank you

They will probably die. Take your lead from the plant. If the rosette of leaves at the base is dying, pull it out, if it’s green and healthy, cut the flower stem off and see what happens.

clickychicky · 05/08/2021 08:58

@swashbucklecheer

I think they'll flower next yr. Then self seed everywhere and you'll never be without them lol

Thanks for the warning!

Tinpotspectator · 06/08/2021 11:16

Yes but who wants to be without them? Not me. 😄 I think that to make a good display you can afford to have quite a few together.

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