As @Buttercupdays says, if they've self seeded into a site, they adapt and sort themselves out. If you take a ready grown plant and put it in the same site, that's completely different. If there's other planting around though @aidanhoad , it's less of a problem, but yes - you may need a cane shoved in to help them establish, and then they'll be fine.
It's a place where beautiful isn't enough of a word....
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
I have a cottage/wildlife garden and a big part of the pleasure is seeing what self seeds, although I also gather and scatter seeds by the thousands as well. This year, with some trepidation, I followed a tip to cut out the main flower spike from some foxgloves and sure enough four more robust flower spikes have appeared to replace it. I hadn't heard of pinching out foxgloves before but it will avoid the single straggly look.
I do that, but after the main flower spike has gone over … for me the beauty of the single main spike is something I’d not want to miss. The secondary side shoots will follow but I don’t think they have the beauty of the first towering spike.
I’d be interested to see photos of yours.
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
I have a whole border that I let go to seed / weed this year as the fence will be replaced later in the summer or autumn. I just removed the roses and let the rest organise itself. Nature has kindly provided plenty of foxgloves and nigella.
I scattered some Nigella seed from my plant the year before last, all over the garden etc. the ONLY place it came up was between the cracks of my paving! 😂
My foxglove have still got a way to go yet, just starting to show their colours - but the flower heads are very short!
If you sow some Nigella in small pots, and plant the whole pot out where you'd like them to be, you'll find that easier than direct sowing, especially where you are @aidanhoad. Then they should seed around a bit more readily, with a bit of luck. Otherwise, yes, they're much easier sown direct on gravelly areas or somewhere fairly inhospitable. That suits them better
It's a place where beautiful isn't enough of a word....
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
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If there's other planting around though @aidanhoad , it's less of a problem, but yes - you may need a cane shoved in to help them establish, and then they'll be fine.
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
My very first foxglove. Yesterday's photo. I hope it will spread easily. I just managed to save this one from oh weeding 2 years ago.
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I scattered some Nigella seed from my plant the year before last, all over the garden etc. the ONLY place it came up was between the cracks of my paving! 😂
My foxglove have still got a way to go yet, just starting to show their colours - but the flower heads are very short!
Otherwise, yes, they're much easier sown direct on gravelly areas or somewhere fairly inhospitable. That suits them better
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...