You might have noticed some perennials seemed to move too rapidly through their growing and flowering cycles this summer. That was their response to the extreme and prolonged heat, lasting for approximately eight weeks, and forcing plants to set seed and shut down to preserve their energies. But with the return of cool nights and reliable moisture, some perennials have returned … [Read more...] about Reappearing foxgloves
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An uncommon foxglove
It’s a good day in the garden when a plant I particularly like is generous with self-sown seedlings. A great favourite of mine, the biennial rusty foxglove (Digitalis ferruginea, Zone 5), each year gives me five or six little offspring to move into advantageous positions. Rusty foxglove isn’t among the more glamorous types like Excelsior or Foxy hybrids, which have large pink, … [Read more...] about An uncommon foxglove
