foxgloves :)

HI,

I have grown from seed quite a lot of healthy foxgloves all of which will flower next year. The weather last year killed a lot of plants and I wondered as my foxgloves are all in pots, should I over winter them in the greenhouse before planting out in spring or should I plant out now before end of season?

Cheers Simon

 

Hi What size pots are they in

Why dont you do both plant some and keep some in pots .

All my white ones died over the winter but the good old purple came through as normal


Spruce

 

I planted mine outside last year and they got to nearly 9ft tall after surviving temps down to minus20 in our garden over winter.



Good luck!!

Steve...

 

foxgloves

HI

I have them in biggish pots all down to 6cm ...a big mix. Ive got a big stretch that I want to create a display along so I havce about 50. They are all the purple type so perhaps they might surive but it was very cold -20 etc here for ages last winter... not fun! Dont want to loose the little beauties..

S

 

Hi Minton. I have grown Foxgloves in pots as perennials, but I always plant them out in the autumn as I clear away the tender perennials that they are replacing. Mind you I haven't had it as cold as your -20C.

Being English natives I suspect that they are very hardy. If you had hybrids with fancy names I might think twice. I would be inclined to plant out at least half, and perhaps keep some in a coldrame just in case. If you don't plant some out - you will never know.