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‘Perennial’ foxgloves?

celcius_kkwcelcius_kkw Posts: 753
edited March 2021 in Plants
I came across some potted foxgloves in the garden centre labelled as ‘perennial’ foxgloves.. but I always thought that foxgloves are biennials.. and they would then set seed and die. Is there such a thing as a perennial foxgloves that would flower year after year (from the same plant)? 

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  • chickychicky Posts: 10,410
    edited March 2021
    They have recently (last 10 years or so) bred perennial foxgloves by crossing the biennial one with one from the canary islands which is perennial.  Digitalis x mertonensis if you want to look it up

    I have some (think they are called something like Summer King) that are now on their 4th year.  They are shorter than our native foxglove, but very pretty
  • AstroAstro Posts: 433
    I have Foxglove Carillon and this is definitely perennial. I've had it come back for a few years and can see new growth there now.
  • punkdocpunkdoc Posts: 15,039
    D.parviflora and |D.ferruginea are both perennial, and I think rather lovely.
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  • Dirty HarryDirty Harry Posts: 1,048
    I've grown x mertonensis and they've very nice. A good choice if you want one in a container for a couple of years or so.
  • LiriodendronLiriodendron Posts: 8,328
    Digitalis lutea is also perennial.
    Since 2019 I've lived in east Clare, in the west of Ireland.
  • celcius_kkwcelcius_kkw Posts: 753
    Wow I didn’t know there are so many varieties of perennial foxgloves.. I wish I had known that before I sowed the annual / biennial ones.. 
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