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Foxgloves

willow321willow321 Posts: 9
edited March 2020 in Plants
Last autumn our wild foxgloves self-seeded and now in March we've lots of tiny ones in the corner of a bed. Less than 1 centimetre across, will they not grow enough to flower this year? Foxgloves are usually biennial but could these flower next year in their third year?

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  • BiljeBilje Posts: 811
    In my garden in the NE they are biennial will grow year one, continue to grow slowly the following winter and flower about May in their s cond year.
  • Guernsey Donkey2Guernsey Donkey2 Posts: 6,713
    Same here @willow321, seed over winter, grow during the following year and then flower in their second summer. Well worth the wait in my opinion and I love watching the bees collecting the pollen and reversing out bottom first (brings back childhood memories of my parents garden too).
  • DovefromaboveDovefromabove Posts: 88,147
    While they’re small I would separate them and plant further apart ... they’ll develop into lovely large plants over the summer and flower next year. 😊 

    Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.





  • FairygirlFairygirl Posts: 55,117
    I'd agree. A bit of judicious thinning out will benefit them.
    Otherwise, they'll be crammed into a small space and you'll not get the best from them if it's an ornamental border.
    It's a place where beautiful isn't enough of a word....



    I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
  • willow321willow321 Posts: 9
    Many thanks for the replies. So all is not lost, hopefully they WILL flower next year!
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