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 If you are looking for a plant that adds bold color and shape to your garden, Foxglove might be the perfect fit. Often seen in cottage gardens, it will grow well in shade or part shade and is easily grown from seed. Â
Foliage grows the first season and blooms in the next. Plants reseed themselves freely so [...]
of spring and summer,
warm weather and crystal clear days,
the scent of flowers in the air.Â
It will arrive…
…eventually.
I hope.
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~In my garden there is a large place for sentiment. My garden of flowers
is also my garden of thoughts and dreams. The thoughts grow as freely
as the flowers, and the dreams are as beautiful.
-Â Â Abram L. Urban
 I [...]
Foxgloves still blooming!
Digitalis purpurea grows 2 to 4 ft in height and it blooms June through September, although these are still blooming in October.
Foxglove is a source of digitalis which is prescribed by doctors to strengthen the heart and regulate the heart beat. It is also VERY poisonous!  But Beautiful too!  Just goes to show [...]
June 2009
