tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5424558166690591608.post5158921659076723135..comments2023-05-09T15:04:53.510+01:00Comments on Experiments with Plants: Foxgloves (15 MAY 2011)b-a-ghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01565084697297328338noreply@blogger.comBlogger16125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5424558166690591608.post-46539088213339389602011-05-22T15:18:49.995+01:002011-05-22T15:18:49.995+01:00Hi b-a-g, I enjoyed Carol Kleins article on Foxglo...Hi b-a-g, I enjoyed Carol Kleins article on Foxgloves. She is the best and most enthusiastic gardening expert/presenter we have. I see her opinion on Excelsior, I don't think it was always quite so.Alistairhttp://www.aberdeengardening.co.uknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5424558166690591608.post-62086521458186527572011-05-21T17:18:37.652+01:002011-05-21T17:18:37.652+01:00Thanks Rosie. I enjoyed your bluebells post (whate...Thanks Rosie. I enjoyed your bluebells post (whatever their nationality!) : http://leavesnbloom.blogspot.com/2011/05/bluebell-woods-perthshire-scotland.htmlb-a-ghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01565084697297328338noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5424558166690591608.post-66796078005487091752011-05-19T22:31:55.218+01:002011-05-19T22:31:55.218+01:00Your graphics are very good and appreciate the tim...Your graphics are very good and appreciate the time you took to show the data in that presentation. I just let mine seed where ever they fancy in the garden and I'm hoping for a good display this year. My self sown seedlings seem to prefer a moist soil in the dappled shade.<br /><br />I'm a horti historian and I could never write about english bluebells in a Scottish wood that William Rosie@leavesnbloomhttp://www.leavesnbloom.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5424558166690591608.post-28820914444652197342011-05-17T19:26:15.428+01:002011-05-17T19:26:15.428+01:00Thanks Laura - I guessed you were a scientist desp...Thanks Laura - I guessed you were a scientist despite your poetic prose. I tried to take out water as a factor by watering the plants if they looked limp. However, now you mention it, I'll have to check ...<br /><br />Thanks LH - I enjoyed the whole foxglove experience: sowing, growing, measuring, trying to find the meaning of life in the results ... and it's not over ...b-a-ghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01565084697297328338noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5424558166690591608.post-7963502887338874302011-05-17T14:44:37.708+01:002011-05-17T14:44:37.708+01:00I am very impressed with the whole foxglove experi...I am very impressed with the whole foxglove experiment. I have to wonder, what was the most enjoyable part of the experiment?<br /><br />The growing or the charting.<br /><br />The charting was very impressive.lifeshighwayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14389824485602821605noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5424558166690591608.post-9228361741053446442011-05-17T10:23:09.698+01:002011-05-17T10:23:09.698+01:00Hi b-a-g, vaguely remember how to design experimen...Hi b-a-g, vaguely remember how to design experiments but the multifactorial design always foxed me! Following your investigations of the lore of foxgloves has been fascinating. Water is a big factor though i.e. dappled shade does not dry as quickly but the answer still lies in the moisture/nutrient content of the soil. Hence my self-seeders stayed as runts in dryish part-shade. Your spires are Laura Bloomsburyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03163589497828975276noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5424558166690591608.post-91790334275550126752011-05-16T21:00:31.619+01:002011-05-16T21:00:31.619+01:00Autumn Belle - I looked up Angelonia, it's pre...Autumn Belle - I looked up Angelonia, it's pretty with inverted trumpets. I like the dark purple ones.<br /><br />Donna - Foxglove excelsior is a biennial, but there are foxglove annuals available. I think you need to plant the seeds in autumn.<br /><br />Thanks One - Yes I heard you all the way from Malaysia! I'm afraid the idea of working in finance has never appealed to me. Thanks for b-a-ghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01565084697297328338noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5424558166690591608.post-49293915354697123952011-05-16T18:53:16.993+01:002011-05-16T18:53:16.993+01:00There's a certain delicious irony in your not ...There's a certain delicious irony in your not considering yourself disciplined enough to read a seed packet while then you construct a months-long experiment (six and counting), keep 10 foxglove seedlings' growth habits straight, and plot the results on graphs, which you describe in 3 appendices. Just sayin'...<br /><br />The world would be a much less interesting place if Stacyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08297253093260251145noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5424558166690591608.post-63785778099942833372011-05-16T03:51:30.779+01:002011-05-16T03:51:30.779+01:00Wow!!! Did you hear that! I'm impressed. Can y...Wow!!! Did you hear that! I'm impressed. Can you just do something similar with the stock market?<br /><br />Congrats! Your caption has been selected. I have a link to your blog today. :)Onehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12919719601969345138noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5424558166690591608.post-39796143466701903502011-05-16T03:10:01.801+01:002011-05-16T03:10:01.801+01:00I love your dedication to experimentation. I love...I love your dedication to experimentation. I love foxgloves of every kind and have them planted all over in hopes that there will be blooms every year as they only bloom every other year. I find the shade is a help but if in a moist sunny location they do alright as well...of course I always push the envelope and plant in conditions not recommended and am pleasantly surprised.Donnahttp://gardenseyeview.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5424558166690591608.post-26093881430270559992011-05-15T23:52:55.967+01:002011-05-15T23:52:55.967+01:00It is interesting to know that you are applying th...It is interesting to know that you are applying the DOE technique in the garden too. Foxgloves are not common here in my place and the only flower that looks like it is Angelonia.Autumn Bellehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00818422090556602092noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5424558166690591608.post-30484160901890313752011-05-15T22:08:43.252+01:002011-05-15T22:08:43.252+01:00Just for reference ... the foxgloves labelled 1 to...Just for reference ... the foxgloves labelled 1 to 10 were also photographed for posts dated 03JAN2011 and 23APR2011. In both of these posts, the photos were listed in this order : 4 , 2 , 9 , 5 , 7 , 8 , 10 , 3 , 1 , 6b-a-ghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01565084697297328338noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5424558166690591608.post-86630439550704371122011-05-15T19:32:25.644+01:002011-05-15T19:32:25.644+01:00Thanks Donna & Carolyn - I hope they do seed l...Thanks Donna & Carolyn - I hope they do seed like crazy. I'm prepared to dedicate my garden to the homage of foxgloves!<br /><br />Alistair - I remember you commented once that foxglove excelsior is one of Myra's favourites. Here is Carol Klein's opinion : http://www.telegraph.co.uk/gardening/howtogrow/3300521/How-to-grow-Foxgloves.htmlb-a-ghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01565084697297328338noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5424558166690591608.post-85346713414497478632011-05-15T16:37:10.059+01:002011-05-15T16:37:10.059+01:00B-a-g, that is fantastic information that had me s...B-a-g, that is fantastic information that had me smiling from ear to ear.Now I don't know if it applies to Foxgloves, but very often if you choose the strongest of seedlings there is a chance that you have picked all with the same colour, very often the more interesting shades are from those that appear weaker.Sophisticated gardeners turning their nose up at excelsior for having flowers all Alistairhttp://www.aberdeengardening.co.uknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5424558166690591608.post-35395835693834157352011-05-15T13:38:05.570+01:002011-05-15T13:38:05.570+01:00Wow, I am very impressed. You really can learn a ...Wow, I am very impressed. You really can learn a lot from this type of study, but I am way too undisciplined. This foxglove is gorgeous which just goes to show that "sophisticated" gardeners don't know much.Carolyn @ Carolyn's Shade Gardenshttp://carolynsshadegardens.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5424558166690591608.post-3563471197348095622011-05-15T12:18:33.331+01:002011-05-15T12:18:33.331+01:00Your experiment with foxglove is a real winner. Th...Your experiment with foxglove is a real winner. They are so big and beautiful. I have no luck like that with them, delphinium yes, foxglove no.And they are supposed to seed like crazy, but not here.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com