Foxglove produces a runner, and I have seen the seeds for sale so there is that too. Of course that means the plant isn't always where you want it to be from year to year lol. I'm a bit of a control freak so it didn't work well for me.

* * * *

BFVISION,
Yep to what Bill said..
I had bought a six pack...of mixed colors,
a bunch of years back...*no flowers were on the
6 pack, so, it was pot luck...

*I wanted the dark pink/purple color like my
granny had...*
I got all of the light pastel pink one's..
I was bummed..

but each year since, I've gotten flowers
******allllll over the place...********
And they've eventually mutated enough, and
I have yellow one's, and light and dark pink,
and one that almost looked white and a peach colored one...

Sooooooo, have fun with them..
They're fun, and they pop up in all the neatest places...
Just remember what the leaves look like,
cause you don't want to be pullin' up the babies.

Yes, on the momma plants are not long lived,
but do reseed prolifically...

Delphiniums can be a bit more tempermental..
Needing good drainage and lot's of sun....
I've had a few, but didn't last long..
I may have planted them a bit deep..
and I know I had it was growing too close to a
volunteer Phlox...
It got crowded out.
I know they produce seeds.
But never had them reseed at all like the foxgloves...

Weezie

* * * *
Weezie

Don't forget to be kind to strangers. For some who have
done this have entertained angels without realizing it.
- Bible - Hebrews 13:2





http://photobucket.com/albums/y250/weezie13/

I too love Foxgloves and I had a lot 3 years ago. Each year though, they have been getting less and less.

This year I do not have even one Foxglove and I am totally bummed. What I do have, however, are lots of what looked like Foxgloves but when they get bigger they turn into some kind of stalk that looks like a yellow ear of corn.

Does anyone know what these are? I feel like they are a weed and I want to get rid of them before they go to seed. They come up like a Foxglove.

Help please.

They would if I let them get that far. Yes, I believe you have it.

What are those? Is this a good thing??

Do I pull it or keep it?

I am dumb.....

Just curious...Why would you pull it? Mullein has medicinal properties, especially for certain lung ailments.

Storm,
I have to say, I am a wild flower weed lover..
With that said, I keep mine, as long as they're
in a place that won't be harmful to something else I like..(Like crowding other plants out and too big for the area it's in..)
I always have at least one growing here,
somewhere's..
*and yes they are of medicinal value,
I don't use them, but they are good
potiential in that factor.*
I've never found that plant too invasive...
It's infant stage is very reconizable,
it looks like Lamb's Ear.
All soft and very fuzzy...

It does get very tall..one long slender stalk, and pretty yellow flowers on it...
The beneficials like it...

I can re~seed, but pull them up where you don't like them.. but get them young, as it has a very lonnnnnnnnnnnng tap root *drought tolerant plant*

I've never had them get outta hand here...
Always a conversation with passing neighbors' who don't know what it is, as to how tall it is...

I would have to say, every gardener is different, and each has his/hers' own style.. and although I keep mine, as does Bill and Cricket, it may not be right for your garden...
But I could say, try it once, if it's a baby sized right now, "move it to the back 40" and leave it grow on the outskirts and give it a test run there..

Hope that helps a wee~bit more...

Weezie

* * * *
Weezie

Don't forget to be kind to strangers. For some who have
done this have entertained angels without realizing it.
- Bible - Hebrews 13:2





http://photobucket.com/albums/y250/weezie13/

I need to side with Storm on this one. We first started noticing this plant about 5 years ago around here. It seemed like overnight these things started popping up in assorted places and just looked to out of place that we started calling them the "alien plant". So glad to finally be able to put a name to them.

* * * *


Lynne's knitting journal
"I'm spayed, declawed, and housebound - how's YOUR day going???"

BFVISON: I think it's a case of a Foxglove wannabe.



Oh and btw....I found a couple of real Foxgloves hiding today.

There is hope.