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dannyboucher360m1McPQ8Kdannyboucher360m1McPQ8K Posts: 3
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I have a wild foxglove deciding to grow from underneath my decking. But it's so perfect how has this happen. Its unlike any other ones in my garden. It's literally perfect 
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  • philippasmith2philippasmith2 Posts: 3,742
    Seed blown in from somewhere and found a suitable niche in the decking ?  The seeds are tiny and surprising how far they travel. If you have foxgloves in the garden , it's also possible that they have cross pollinated and produced your "stranger".  
  • dannyboucher360m1McPQ8Kdannyboucher360m1McPQ8K Posts: 3
    dannyboucher360m1McPQ8K said:
    I have a wild foxglove deciding to grow from underneath my decking. But it's so perfect how has this happen. Its unlike any other ones in my garden. It's literally perfect 

  • dannyboucher360m1McPQ8Kdannyboucher360m1McPQ8K Posts: 3
    philippasmith2 said:
    Seed blown in from somewhere and found a suitable niche in the decking ?  The seeds are tiny and surprising how far they travel. If you have foxgloves in the garden , it's also possible that they have cross pollinated and produced your "stranger".  
    Thankyou very much 
  • philippasmith2philippasmith2 Posts: 3,742
    That's a "stranger" most of us would welcome @dannyboucher360m1McPQ8K :)
  • JennyJJennyJ Posts: 10,576
    That's lovely!
    Doncaster, South Yorkshire. Soil type: sandy, well-drained
  • Silver surferSilver surfer Posts: 4,719
    edited May 2023


    Super healthy specimen!
    Perthshire. SCOTLAND .
  • bcpathomebcpathome Posts: 1,313
    Wow that’s fabulous. You lucky duck .
  • FairygirlFairygirl Posts: 55,117
    I only keep whites in my garden so that's a lucky accident  :)

    Probably just D. purpurea alba/albiflora, which is the  wild white one. Not as common as the purply/pink one, but much nicer IMO.  ;)
    It's a place where beautiful isn't enough of a word....



    I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
  • DovefromaboveDovefromabove Posts: 88,147
    It’s unusual for a D. purpurea, even a white one, to have flowers all around the stem 🤔 

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





  • FairygirlFairygirl Posts: 55,117
    Maybe from a cultivated one in someone's garden then @Dovefromabove :)
    I had Pams' Choice [?] which  crossed/reverted, but I grow Snow Thimble which usually stays white - I couldn't tell you what it looked like though!  ;)
    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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