Hi Lynne24, I am new to this forum and am really enjoying looking at all the wonderful posts and advice this forum is providing. Thank you all.
I moved into a house last year which is bursting with foxgloves, and they are fabulous. A great cottage garden flower. I haven't found any problems with digging them up and moving them, and they seem to self seed all around the garden so you shouldn't have any problems with seed germination and plants for next year I wouldn't have thought.
Yes, you will have them seeding themselves everywhere, in every crack and crevice but they're very easy to pull out from where you don't want them. Obviously you'll need to give them a helping hand to move more than a few yards but once they're there you'll always have them unless you don't let them seed. The seeds are tiny so blow about in the wind to an extent. You'll get the biggest and best plants if you give them space though as I said earlier but they do look best in a group I think. You'll get to notice which seedlings will be pink and which white with experience. The pink ones have a red blush to the stems. I stand by storing seeds in the fridge is a very good back up and let you give them to your friends.
Foxgloves can be sown in the spring or in the autumn. They'll germinate at any time of year if the weather is not too cold and they're kept moist. It's probably easiest to sow onto composts in a plug tray that's had a sprinkling of gravel over it or mix them with some dry sand since they're like dust and sprinkle over the plug tray. I love using plug trays since you don't have to prick out. I find I lose loads when I prick out, I'm more heavy handed than I was and fine seedlings are almost impossible, so, sow thinly into plugs trays and thin out if you need to.
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Hi Lynne24, I am new to this forum and am really enjoying looking at all the wonderful posts and advice this forum is providing. Thank you all.
I moved into a house last year which is bursting with foxgloves, and they are fabulous. A great cottage garden flower. I haven't found any problems with digging them up and moving them, and they seem to self seed all around the garden so you shouldn't have any problems with seed germination and plants for next year I wouldn't have thought.
thanks for the post susan, enjoy the site, you do get some great advise
Yes, you will have them seeding themselves everywhere, in every crack and crevice but they're very easy to pull out from where you don't want them. Obviously you'll need to give them a helping hand to move more than a few yards but once they're there you'll always have them unless you don't let them seed. The seeds are tiny so blow about in the wind to an extent. You'll get the biggest and best plants if you give them space though as I said earlier but they do look best in a group I think. You'll get to notice which seedlings will be pink and which white with experience. The pink ones have a red blush to the stems. I stand by storing seeds in the fridge is a very good back up and let you give them to your friends.
thanks jim, thats a great idea to share with friends, if i store them in the fridge, when do i plant them out
Thanks for the tip about the foxgloves seedlings Jim. That's very interesting.
Foxgloves can be sown in the spring or in the autumn. They'll germinate at any time of year if the weather is not too cold and they're kept moist. It's probably easiest to sow onto composts in a plug tray that's had a sprinkling of gravel over it or mix them with some dry sand since they're like dust and sprinkle over the plug tray. I love using plug trays since you don't have to prick out. I find I lose loads when I prick out, I'm more heavy handed than I was and fine seedlings are almost impossible, so, sow thinly into plugs trays and thin out if you need to.