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    Freaky Foxglove?

    I don't usually grow foxgloves, but did buy one last spring called Pam's Choice. knowing it is a biennial. It flowered beautifully and the spike has now died as expected. The whole plant is supposed to slowly die, but what is unusual is that the plant seems to have formed a fresh rosette of leaves to the side of the old plant. I haven't seen this before, and was wondering whether this will be next year's flowering plant, or that a new flower spike will form this year and then the whole plant will die.

    Any foxglove growers out there experienced this, and can advise please?
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    I have lots of wild foxgloves and they do form clusters of leaves at the base. Since they're everywhere, I can't tell you for sure what happens but my gut feeling is that they keep growing in the same place.
    Did you save any seeds from yours?

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    • #3
      They will sometimes grow on for a couple of years but the flower spikes get smaller.
      Gardening requires a lot of water - most of it in the form of perspiration. Lou Erickson, critic and poet

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      • #4
        The wild ones will often flower a second year but they are nowhere near as good. I pull them up and replace them with self-sown seedlings.
        My gardening blog: In Spades, last update 30th April 2018.
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        • #5
          They can be grown as a short term perennial methinks! Anyone got a YELLOW one...............I have!
          My Majesty made for him a garden anew in order
          to present to him vegetables and all beautiful flowers.- Offerings of Thutmose III to Amon-Ra (1500 BCE)

          Diversify & prosper


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          • #6
            Did you save any seeds from yours?
            Oh yes. I've got loads now germinating in a seed tray. Don't know whether the plants will be ready in time for next year, but I will be growing them indoors. Nor do I know if they will come true as they are from a particular variety,

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