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Foxgloves?
I think these are foxgloves in my back garden. Would someone confirm that for me, please.
Leaves and stems are hairy.
I've been trying for a few years to grow some from seed and nothing's appeared until now, in a space, close to where I sowed some seeds a couple of years ago.
I'll be well pleased if they are!
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Does it smell a bit funky, Soulboy?
It looks to me a bit like hedge woundwort...
Not foxgloves I'm afraid ........ I'd go with woundwort
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
If you want a nice foxglove soulboy - just buy one plant. They seed around and you'll never be without them again
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
Damn! Thanks everyone. Having googled it I think you're right about it being hedge woundwort. It's going to have to come straight out as apparently it's a bit of a thug, spreading vigorously through runners.
Shame really as the flower is quite pretty and it's bee-friendly but it's in the wrong place and I don't want it spreading.
I think I will do that when I can afford it.
Foxgloves never grow for me from bought seed and won't grow where I want them to if I distribute the fresh seed. It looks like they've settled into my sunniest and most civilised border now and I've pretty much conceded it
I have woundwort in the dry shady parts of the garden, next to my neighbours conifer hedge and admittedly it does come up everywhere else as well but it pulls up quite easily
Bees love it as you say, it gets mildewy after flowering in the dry areas but I just rip it up and it starts again.
Thanks everyone for your ID and comments. I'm definitely pulling this as I don't want to have to be regularly removing it from amongst my other plants. It's growing right next to a very large colony of forget me not that I don't want to disturb each spring to pull out any woundwort.
Oh, I nearly forgot to mention that as a result of my post, and to my delight, another forum member has PM'ed me to offer me some Foxglove plants. As ever, the generosity and camaraderie of the gardening fraternity here is wonderful.
And they've gone off with Mr Postie this morning.?
Thank you!