tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5424558166690591608.post6849847888052522353..comments2023-05-09T15:04:53.510+01:00Comments on Experiments with Plants: Foxgloves (12 JUN 2012)b-a-ghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01565084697297328338noreply@blogger.comBlogger15125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5424558166690591608.post-57368237923272153672012-06-19T18:39:44.293+01:002012-06-19T18:39:44.293+01:00Sage Butterfly & Christine - You have great ta...Sage Butterfly & Christine - You have great taste !<br /><br />You're right Carolyn, maybe my garden should be the HQ. Sad to read that pawlonias are weeds in your area, they look beautiful to me. I read that after pollarding they produce huge leaves but I haven't seen this yet.b-a-ghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01565084697297328338noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5424558166690591608.post-50368395579687479622012-06-16T14:34:31.956+01:002012-06-16T14:34:31.956+01:00I Love Foxgloves too - Yours are in a word - Stunn...I Love Foxgloves too - Yours are in a word - Stunning!Christine @ The Gardening Bloghttp://www.thegardeningblog.co.za/blog/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5424558166690591608.post-71636681058315431102012-06-16T02:38:34.015+01:002012-06-16T02:38:34.015+01:00You are truly obsessed but at least its with a bea...You are truly obsessed but at least its with a beautiful plant. Is there a Foxgloves Anonymous. Pawlonias are awful weeds here.Carolynhttp://carolynsshadegardens.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5424558166690591608.post-53828812018909902182012-06-16T00:08:56.751+01:002012-06-16T00:08:56.751+01:00Such beauties! I have grown these for several year...Such beauties! I have grown these for several years, but they did not come up this year for some reason. They are one of my favorites and I wish the blooms lasted longer.The Sage Butterflyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06252906325012065829noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5424558166690591608.post-61987088640874279932012-06-15T21:23:03.246+01:002012-06-15T21:23:03.246+01:00Thanks all for your comments ...
Then I would be...Thanks all for your comments ...<br /><br />Then I would be in good company Andrea. <br />Mark & Gaz - I like the colouring of Illumination Pink but it has lost the lovely bell shape - maybe that's the new fashion.<br />Alberto - Likewise, when I see the foxglove tree I'll think of the Wizard of Oz.<br />Diana - I didn't think of that, but I did notice that the bees continued b-a-ghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01565084697297328338noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5424558166690591608.post-29732208404109456902012-06-15T03:03:14.788+01:002012-06-15T03:03:14.788+01:00Your 'hand-reared' foxgloves make me think...Your 'hand-reared' foxgloves make me think of hand-fed parrot babies--very tame and friendly. The photos are beautiful. I love flowers that grow in spires even if they need staking sometimes.linniewhttp://linniew.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5424558166690591608.post-25964129613761128092012-06-13T23:26:55.844+01:002012-06-13T23:26:55.844+01:00One of the prettiest photos I have seen of foxglov...One of the prettiest photos I have seen of foxgloves (in some book somewhere)was taken in late afternoon with the foxgloves back-lit on a hill near an old tree. Magical.Pattyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13191861892726873074noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5424558166690591608.post-3031508421997089182012-06-13T23:02:30.292+01:002012-06-13T23:02:30.292+01:00Fabulous news and these are just gorgeous and so t...Fabulous news and these are just gorgeous and so tall. Mine were small this year. I think I have them in too much moist sun. I should move a few to the tree areas and see how they do...the colors of yours are stunning. Happy GBBD!Donna@Gardens Eye Viewhttp://gardenseyeview.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5424558166690591608.post-13427035602000458562012-06-13T22:48:55.993+01:002012-06-13T22:48:55.993+01:00Your Foxglove display looks lovely. I moved a numb...Your Foxglove display looks lovely. I moved a number of mine last autumn. They should have re-established, but the winter drought did them no favours. Fortunately, the ones I left alone are just starting to open their first buds.Crystalhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07725991262021867082noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5424558166690591608.post-21475895918325216072012-06-13T21:52:57.777+01:002012-06-13T21:52:57.777+01:00I'm glad the aphids didn't discourage you ...I'm glad the aphids didn't discourage you last year, b-a-g. And that in this case you decided not to leave the woodland 100% to its own devices. After all, weren't even ancient woodlands "managed" in some way by the people who dwelt in them? Maybe not for maximum foxglove production, but still. You're in fine company.Stacyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08297253093260251145noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5424558166690591608.post-20247065799282716292012-06-13T21:32:54.370+01:002012-06-13T21:32:54.370+01:00I too like your group of pinks this year. It is a ...I too like your group of pinks this year. It is a nice variation on last year's foxglove. I never did have aphids on mine, so I guess I have been very lucky.Donna@GWGThttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14170802942464666382noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5424558166690591608.post-74005697167888106432012-06-13T15:48:07.095+01:002012-06-13T15:48:07.095+01:00Will those picked flowers last a little longer in ...Will those picked flowers last a little longer in a vase?Diana Studerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12286066768376135880noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5424558166690591608.post-20398492901552593562012-06-13T14:49:19.010+01:002012-06-13T14:49:19.010+01:00Hi b-a-g,
your foxgloves really look wonderful! I ...Hi b-a-g,<br />your foxgloves really look wonderful! I love the different shades of pink and white of the 'home grown' ones, selected seeds all produce plants looking alike.<br />The Pauwlonia always reminds me of the Wizard of Oz, when Dorothy found that tree with hanging snacks, from now on I will think of foxgloves too!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5424558166690591608.post-51641845024621912882012-06-13T07:44:25.696+01:002012-06-13T07:44:25.696+01:00Good to know your spirits are still high despite t...Good to know your spirits are still high despite the set back. The plant of the year Digitalis Illumination Pink might be an interest to you :)Mark and Gazhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09427245730390252976noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5424558166690591608.post-36606126045989628122012-06-13T07:34:49.840+01:002012-06-13T07:34:49.840+01:00Hi b-a-g, i laughed reading your first sentence &#...Hi b-a-g, i laughed reading your first sentence 'fetish to the point of hallucination', that was lovely. I am visualizing you in that manner, and you can't be blamed, foxgloves are really beautiful. Unfortunately, we are not privileged to have them in our gardens, it hates high temperature! But if i were with you, that will make two of us hallucinating.Andreahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06044386271018560595noreply@blogger.com