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Which foxglove is this?

Slow-wormSlow-worm Posts: 1,630
In this dry, sunny patch, only native digitalis has ever grown, but this year very petite, slim ones have appeared, and I don't what they are - can anyone identify them? They're about 50cm tall now.

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  • DovefromaboveDovefromabove Posts: 88,147
    They look like native digitalis to me … they do vary quite a bit in stature 😊 

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  • punkdocpunkdoc Posts: 15,039
    Agree with @Dovefromabove, just a slightly stunted native foxglove.
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  • Slow-wormSlow-worm Posts: 1,630
    Thanks @Dovefromabove, I've got a couple of hybrids but they're bushy, I don't remember seeing tiny natives this small, they're very sweet. 
  • Pete.8Pete.8 Posts: 11,340
    They do look sweet, but they're not as lush as most this time of year.
    They pop up all over my garden. I leave some, I pull some out.

    I've got some very similar looking ones that are growing in some rubble by a fence. It's a lack of water and food that causes them to grow like that.
    Others in the borders are big plants with big leaves and just coming into flower.

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  • Slow-wormSlow-worm Posts: 1,630
    edited June 2023
    How odd, they always grow in that spot, usually nice and fat, though in fairness most of the plants there survive on bird sh*t. 😄
  • thevictorianthevictorian Posts: 1,279
    We grow native foxgloves and we have some over six foot this year but others that are similar to yours. For us it depends on when they germinated, how rich the soil is and congestion, as to how big they get. 
  • Slow-wormSlow-worm Posts: 1,630
    Well yer live and learn eh? I'm glad of the diversity, thanks all. 👍
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