Foxglove

Received free seeds from Sunday Magazine 2 yrs ago for Foxglove. Well it has finally sprouted and flowered for first time.....I am absolutely amazed it has spikey blue flowers and must be over 7ft tall. Will it stop growing and why does it leaves keeps shedding, HELP????

PS Does anybody want it!!!!!

 

can u post a pic?Is it in a pot?. Can you post me some seeds if any are left?!!

7ft tall woooeee.. that'll stop the neighbours looking over the fence. Theyll have settle with looking through the windows only

 

I will charge my camera up over weekend and posy you pic...

 

If it is a Foxglove then it is biennial and you will probably have to collect the seeds to pass it on.

I have never heard of a Foxglove tree before (which doesn't mean there isn't one)

 

I just googled and there is a Foxglove Tree, quite fancy one myself now! So if you have a few seeds left over Lizz, I would appreciate some too. Thanks!


http://www.the-tree.org.uk/BritishTrees/TreeGallery/foxglovetreec.htm

 

If it is a Foxglove tree (Pawlonia) it could grow to 30 ft or more with a 20 ft spread. Cold winters can cut it back but often it is pruned to increase the size of leaf to give it an exotic look, it is the nearest tree in colour to a Jacaranda in the UK. On the other hand it could just be a biennial Foxglove. A photo will clear it up.

 

Some foxgolves will easi8ly go up to 7 feet in good conditions. Do you know what type of foxglove this is? Did it have any other name on the packet?
I suspect it is one of the purpura type that are biennials but you can get many perennial types. I am mainly growing the perennial types and a lot seem to be yellow, orange or brown though there are some pink types around as well.

 

Re-reading the postI think it probably is a foxglove and not the tree . A newspaper is more inclined to give away hardy Foxglove seeds than half hardy tree seeds and I don't think a Pawlonia would flower so small, might be wrong!

 

Ignoring the names, I like to keep a note of the newer shrubs in my shrubbery. The paulownia has the large leaves centre shot. Paulownia tormentosa's eventually flower when mature, but by this stage the leaves are that much smaller than if pruned annually. The flowers appear before the leaves. but i want to buy another so i can prune annually as a shrub.