If they are plugs now, you are best not putting them in the ground till Spring, firstly because as small plants they will just get eaten by slugs, and they wont survive the winter.
Pot them up and keep in a frost free green house, or a cold frame with a couple of slug pellets. Just a couple does, you wont need a lot.
Gardening on the wild, windy west side of Dartmoor.
Hi, I planted out Foxgloves in Spring this year in order for them to bloom next year. The foliage is thick and green but low to the ground. Do I have to take off the leaves or leave them to rot down ? Also, do I need to cover them for protection in Winter? Living in Mid Wales. Lots of snow in Winter!!!!
You can take off any dead, tatty-looking leaves if you like, but it's not essential (I usually do that in spring when the flower spikes start to form). Leave anything that's green and healthy.
Doncaster, South Yorkshire. Soil type: sandy, well-drained
Hi everyone, I have six strong young foxglove plants in my small greenhouse, there look really healthy, was wandering when to plant out in the garden, I planted them from seed last year. Many Thanks Paul N.Ireland
If they've been in a greenhouse all that time, they'll need a little bit of acclimatising before planting out. If you stick them outside every day, and in at night, for a couple of weeks, that should be enough, but you may want to pot them on and let them get bigger before planting out later on in spring. It really depends how big they are, and how good the conditions are in your garden once they're hardened off. It wouldn't be great for small plants if the soil was heavy and waterlogged, for instance.
Foxgloves really don't need any protection, and can be kept outside in the UK right from the start though
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If they are plugs now, you are best not putting them in the ground till Spring, firstly because as small plants they will just get eaten by slugs, and they wont survive the winter.
Pot them up and keep in a frost free green house, or a cold frame with a couple of slug pellets. Just a couple does, you wont need a lot.
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If you stick them outside every day, and in at night, for a couple of weeks, that should be enough, but you may want to pot them on and let them get bigger before planting out later on in spring.
It really depends how big they are, and how good the conditions are in your garden once they're hardened off. It wouldn't be great for small plants if the soil was heavy and waterlogged, for instance.
Foxgloves really don't need any protection, and can be kept outside in the UK right from the start though
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...