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A bit weird??
petehaskell
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is this rare?? A pink and white striped flower, a pure white flower and lots of pink flowers all on the same foxglove flower stem. I've never it before......
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Never seen that before - I took this photo of a foxglove in our garden this weekend, with an unusual flower at the tip.
Wow!!!!!!
Jeaninspeen.....It is a peloric foxglove.
Fairly common.
You can even buy seeds for it!
https://www.google.co.uk/search?q=digitalis+purpurea+peloric&rlz=1C1GNAM_en-GBGB687GB687&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjyifqUyKbUAhVTFMAKHeuXAIkQ_AUICigB&biw=1536&bih=759
http://b-and-t-world-seeds.com/cartall.asp?species=Digitalis%20purpurea%20Peloric%20Mixed&sref=51434
Interesting info from Kew on peloric digitalis http://www.kew.org/blogs/kew-science/weird-and-wonderful-foxgloves
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.