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Foxgloves

CrazybeeladyCrazybeelady Posts: 778
edited November 2021 in Plants

My Foxgloves seem to be doing very well considering they're supposed to be dead surely?  They flowered months ago as you would expect, around May time.  I think this one has grown if anything.  Are they going to die or what?!
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  • JennyJJennyJ Posts: 10,576
    That one looks as if it'll probably have another go at flowering next spring.
    Doncaster, South Yorkshire. Soil type: sandy, well-drained
  • LiriodendronLiriodendron Posts: 8,328
    There's one particular part of my garden where the foxgloves have survived and will flower again next year.  The others all died after flowering - I'm not clear why they haven't all behaved the same... not that I'm complaining that some have survived, of course.
    Since 2019 I've lived in east Clare, in the west of Ireland.
  • CrazybeeladyCrazybeelady Posts: 778
    It's the first time I've grown them, I just assumed as I've read it many times that they would die after flowering. I didn't know it was possible for them to live longer, exciting! 
  • WilderbeastWilderbeast Posts: 1,415
    I've got a foxglove flowering in the middle of our wild meadow now that's a confused plant 
  • FairygirlFairygirl Posts: 55,117
    Some also die back more quickly than others.
    The very mild weather also means that plants are staying green longer than they would normally. 
    It's a place where beautiful isn't enough of a word....



    I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
  • CrazybeeladyCrazybeelady Posts: 778
    Yes it might just be the mildness and they will still die yet

  • ManderMander Posts: 349
    Don't they die back and flower the next year, or am I thinking of something else?

    The temperature tends to be pretty mild in my garden in any case so just about everything is still green. In fact the cosmos that I started from seed in February are only just now starting to bloom!
  • CrazybeeladyCrazybeelady Posts: 778
    They've already done their flowering @mander and they're supposed to die afterwards. I've got some Cosmos seedlings popping up, don't fancy their chances! I didnt plant them, they self seeded.
  • DovefromaboveDovefromabove Posts: 88,147
    Sometimes mine flower a second time after  dieing back a bit (but not completely) overwinter ... particularly if they've formed big crowns like those in the photo.  

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





  • CrazybeeladyCrazybeelady Posts: 778
    Well I'll keep my fingers crossed, though I have loads of seedlings that were meant to be replacing them!
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