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Foxglove Hybrids

The_Lazy_GardenerThe_Lazy_Gardener Posts: 165
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I planted some of these last year. And they looked amazing. I wanted to know if I collected the seed will they come true?  

Thanks 

Fred
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  • AstroAstro Posts: 433
    Which are the hybrids ? I've heard digiplexis foxgloves can only be vegetatively propagated . I've had rusty foxgloves and grandiflora and they come back true from seed. Most of the standard biennials will be inlined to revert back to pink/purple. 
  • The_Lazy_GardenerThe_Lazy_Gardener Posts: 165
    edited June 2023
    Thanks for your reply. They're Excelsior Hybrids. 
  • CeresCeres Posts: 2,698
    You are very unlikely to get the same foxgloves from collected seed. You might get some very interesting crosses or as @Astro said, something more like the bog standard, wild plant. That is the beauty of collecting seed from your own garden plants......you never know what will turn up the next year.
  • The_Lazy_GardenerThe_Lazy_Gardener Posts: 165
    Ok, thanks for your help. 
  • DovefromaboveDovefromabove Posts: 88,147
    edited June 2023
    I find that the seeds from Excelsior hybrids often give me plants/flowers that look like the native D. purpurea or D. purp. alba, but with more flowers and often flowers around the stem rather than up one side. Often several flower spikes per plant too. 

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  • The_Lazy_GardenerThe_Lazy_Gardener Posts: 165
    Dovefromabove said:
    I find that the seeds from Excelsior hybrids often give me plants/flowers that look like the native D. purpurea or D. purp. alba, but with more flowers and often flowers around the stem rather than up one side. Often several flower spikes per plant too. 
    Dovefromabove said:
    I find that the seeds from Excelsior hybrids often give me plants/flowers that look like the native D. purpurea or D. purp. alba, but with more flowers and often flowers around the stem rather than up one side. Often several flower spikes per plant too. 
    Thank you. 
  • The_Lazy_GardenerThe_Lazy_Gardener Posts: 165
    Found this today. Confused 😆 https://www.coolings.co.uk/shop/products/seeds-and-bulbs/flower-seed/flowers-seeds-efghi/thompson-and-morgan-foxglove-excelsior-hybrids-mixed.html
  • DovefromaboveDovefromabove Posts: 88,147
    What’s confusing?

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  • The_Lazy_GardenerThe_Lazy_Gardener Posts: 165
    Dovefromabove said:
    What’s confusing?
    You can grow them from seed. 
  • DovefromaboveDovefromabove Posts: 88,147
    edited June 2023
    Yes … but they are hybrids. The first year you get the Excelsior plants … but if you then sow the seeds from those plants they’ll be a bit different because they will have been cross-pollinated. 
    😊 


    If you’re not sure about hybridisation etc this explains it in more detail
    https://www.installitdirect.com/learn/hybrid-plants/

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