Thank you! The online pics seem to match. I wonder why it's so short. If I collect seeds from it, are they likely to come true / produce yellow plants?
The plant is a perennial, don’t pull it up when it’s finished flowering. I don’t know how long it will go on producing yellow plants from seed, usually the first seeds are ok, then they could turn to the wild pink. I haven’t grown these but have got seeds ready to sow. I always grow the other smaller one, Lutea, they are always true from seeds.
Gardening on the wild, windy west side of Dartmoor.
I never pull mine until they've seeded, and I have loads every year. I had hybrids and wild and they have mixed over the years, so I get various pinks/purples and creams/whites
If it is D. grandiflora then it is a species and as such ought to come true from seed. It may cross with D.purpurea though, which could lead to a pink flower.
Thank you for the further replies. Would be a lottery I suppose as I have purple, white and apricot foxgloves elsewhere. Nonetheless I'll keep the seed.
Why do e.g. sweetpeas seem to self pollinate reliably and so produce the same type of seed, whereas others like aquilegias don't? Is it to do with the shape/placement of the reproductive organs?
And I will leave the plant there in case it comes back, @Lyn. Would have pulled it otherwise so thanks for the heads-up.
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I don’t know how long it will go on producing yellow plants from seed, usually the first seeds are ok, then they could turn to the wild pink.
I haven’t grown these but have got seeds ready to sow.
I always grow the other smaller one, Lutea, they are always true from seeds.
Why do e.g. sweetpeas seem to self pollinate reliably and so produce the same type of seed, whereas others like aquilegias don't? Is it to do with the shape/placement of the reproductive organs?
And I will leave the plant there in case it comes back, @Lyn. Would have pulled it otherwise so thanks for the heads-up.