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Posts: 152 07/02/08 1:38 PM |
You can grow the foxgloves from seed, they are a bi-ennial, but once you've got them established they set seed fairly easily.
They come in a range of colours, but white, pink and mauve are the most common. I take it you'd like some seed if I can locate some? 
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Corpsie I |
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Posts: 5885 07/02/08 1:42 PM
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Well...I was hoping you wouldn't make me ask (((((Otis))))))
Of course I do. I'll pay you for the cost to mail them.....if you can find some for me.
"Don't cry because it's over, smile because it happened."
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otisvr |
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Posts: 152 07/02/08 2:14 PM |
I'll see what I can do... should be able to collect you a few seeds in a month or so
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Posts: 5885 07/02/08 2:21 PM
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Great! Thanks Otis....
"Don't cry because it's over, smile because it happened."
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Posts: 152 07/03/08 1:28 AM |
One tries...
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Corpsie I |
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Posts: 5885 07/03/08 6:51 AM
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Can you purchase the seeds? If you can, I'll send you the money and we can do it that way, if you want to. You are gonna come over and plant them for
me....right?
Are they like a vine? Do they bloom all summer? Do I need some England dirt? LOL True story.....My sister and I went to the town my mother grew up in. We were talking to people and learning all about her side of the family. We met this lady who knew my moms cousins and actually lived on some land they developed into a housing development. Anyway, we were telling her about them being our family and she ask us if we wanted some rose bushes and flowers from their property........of course we said we did. She made sure to give us a lot of the soil from there. We brought them home and they are growing like weeds even after sitting in the hot car all day long and sitting in a trash bag for almost a week. We learned that we have a family cemetery there and in order to reserve a grave-site next to her mother we had to buy a headstone for her....which was sort of creepy. Anyway, we are gonna get some more flowers from her and plant them at the cemetery. Aren't you glad I took the time to tell you all of this.  Now your life is complete.
"Don't cry because it's over, smile because it happened."
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otisvr |
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Posts: 152 07/03/08 1:39 PM |
If you dont mind spending money then have a look here
http://www.dianeseeds.com/digitalis.html Foxgloves are part of the digitalis family from where you get the poison digitoxin I think, they grow about 6 inches in the first year, then send a flower spike up to 5 foot tall in the second year before dying back. Typically they flower June/July in the UK, but can go on a little longer than that They are pretty reliable - I can send you some seeds once I have them, will be a few weeks yet. Here's a photo of a foxglove display from an exhibition we attended a few weeks back: 
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Corpsie I |
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Posts: 5885 07/03/08 2:04 PM
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Gosh that's pretty.
Is that site in the UK? I wonder if I can get them from the US? I know shipping anything from the UK is outrageous and takes forever. How many colors do you think you can get for me.
"Don't cry because it's over, smile because it happened."
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otisvr |
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Posts: 152 07/03/08 2:40 PM |
That is a US site... you might be able to find others, its hard to force US results from searches in the UK. They are a fairly common plant with lots of seeds,
so you should get quite a few for your money.
We have a range of colours in the garden - at least 5 or 6 different shades, so I'll see what I can do for you.
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Posts: 5885 07/03/08 3:02 PM
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Good....thanks once again. I'll see if I can find them here to...just in case you can't get any seeds.
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Posts: 5885 07/22/08 10:15 AM
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"Don't cry because it's over, smile because it happened."
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SuZanBare |
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Posts: 936 07/22/08 10:29 AM |
Here's my Veggie garden
I have been BBQ'n Zucchini nearly every night. The snow peas are excellent in salads. I have WAY too many onions. My cucumbers are just starting to get big enough to eat. (ate a 4" last night) 
Why isn't the number 11 pronounced onety-one?
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Corpsie I |
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Posts: 5885 07/22/08 11:12 AM
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Oh that's beautiful SuZan. My sister grow boxes too, but she had them made about 3' high so she doesn't have to lean over so much and it keeps the
critters out. They work pretty well. She also has a garden on the ground. Something is stealing her watermelons and cantaloupe when they get about the size
of a plum. She got a ton of green beans an carrots this year. The squash and zucchini didn't do much, but was great last year.
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