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foxglove illumination
these are sold as hardy but are not. After losing two in the garden I have one survival grown in a pot in the conservatory. Advice please on propagation. I want to put one in the garden, I live in the south and have very free draining soil, the plants looked very good last year, I just need to get them through the winter.
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If you look at this earlier thread, it seems you're not the only one to be disappointed
- even Verdun who lives in Cornwall felt it was a let down.
http://www.gardenersworld.com/forum/plants/foxglove-illumination-pink/71422.html
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
Need lifting, and bringing under cover. One of its parents is the Canary Island Foxglove, so not surprisingly, it is not hardy, which is a shame, as they are attractive plants.
When you don't even know who's in the team
S.Yorkshire/Derbyshire border
have also lost 2 in mild winters. Disappointing.I
I don't like them, I've seen them in the GCs.
Real foxgloves are much nicer
In the sticks near Peterborough
Thank you for all the responses. My plants were bought as mature and in flower, they looked good all last year and I cut off the flower spikes when they had finished then brought one (potted) into the conservatory (unheated and north facing). The one remaining in the garden I covered in a fleece jacket once weather got cold but it has died.
How is the best way to take cuttings from my surviving plant which looks a rather sorry specimen at present. I tried, unsuccessfully with side shoots last year