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Gitagal
Baltimore, MD (Zone 7a)
July 21, 2010 11:46 AM Post #7986037
| I am sitting here at work waiting to go home. decided to google S. African foxglove just to see what I could find--and there was YOUR article--right in Google!
Thanks for all the kudos and the multi-mentions of my name...
My two foxgloves have branched out and are over 6'tall.
AND---one of the two plants' leaves are not "trilobed" at asll. I took pictures--will post...
Blooms are the same...
I kept opening the other links in Google results and there was a good amount of information on this plant under posts from GW as well. Like--another name for this plant is Zimbabwe foxglove.
Must grow in Zimbabwe???
Also a site was listed--- dianeseeds.com/index.html who has these seeds for sale.
A packet of 90 seeds for $3.25. Man! You could have a forrest of S.African foxgloves with that many!
And I like your idea, Sally, of planting these en masse next year--as mych as 'en masse" my tight garden can afford...
Gita |
sallyg
Anne Arundel,, MD (Zone 7a)
July 22, 2010 5:29 AM Post #7987675
| Thanks Gita, although I think your opinion may be a little biased.
I would show a 'group shot' of the two plants I have, except that I can't seem to get one with a decent background. The importance of siting! Yesterday there was a bumblebe stiing in the entrance to one of the flowers. The importance of taking a camera to the garden every time.!
PlantScout has two sources for seeds, and as you found there are more if you just google for them. Thanks for showing a source and BIG thnaks again for the seeds and picture and infomation.
Sally |
Gitagal
Baltimore, MD (Zone 7a)
July 22, 2010 8:05 AM Post #7988004
| Sally,
Odd--that no one else is posting any comments to this Article...
I will post here the different leaves I have on the two of mine. Might as well keep all the pertinent information in here--just in case someone wants to see.
Here is the "triloba" leaves on mine
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Gitagal
Baltimore, MD (Zone 7a)
July 22, 2010 8:06 AM Post #7988008
| And here is the plant right next to it with the "non-triloba" leaves...
The flowers are the same. 
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Gitagal
Baltimore, MD (Zone 7a)
July 22, 2010 8:08 AM Post #7988010
| Here are both of the plants--they are over 6' tall.
Should get a lot of seeds from all these this year!
Gita
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Gitagal
Baltimore, MD (Zone 7a)
July 22, 2010 8:11 AM Post #7988013
| Here is a decent close-up of the bloom(s)...even if the background (the siding) does not add to anything... 
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sallyg
Anne Arundel,, MD (Zone 7a)
July 22, 2010 1:54 PM Post #7988728
| Thanks for the added pictures. I think everybody is on vacation, or watering and weeding, and not reading much of any articles.
How odd that one plant hasn't gotten the tri leaves. Good to know in case somebody is trying to ID one! Your flower closeup does a good job getting the subtle shade of lavender. |
donnerville
Damascus, MD (Zone 7a)
July 28, 2010 12:00 PM Post #8002499
| Thanks to Gita's generosity, I also got to grow this plant for the first time this year. I probably didn't do a good job with starting the seeds, because I got only one seedling out of the entire pack of seeds from Gita :-(
The plant is healthy and blooming very happily now. I was out of town for more than 2 weeks in the first half of this month and the plant started to bloom during my absence although the temperature was close to 100F. My heart leaped when I saw the beautiful flowers on my return.
I normally deadhead my plants religiously. Not with this one though. I am saving every seedpod this lovely plant may produce and hopefully have some to share with our fellow gardeners.
Thank you very much, Gita, for the seeds. Great article, Sally.
Donner
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Gitagal
Baltimore, MD (Zone 7a)
July 28, 2010 4:14 PM Post #8003021
| Donner---Really nice picture!
You are more than welcome! I live to share...and ,most of all, I appreciate feedback from Folks that have gotten my seeds. They are like children to me...I want to know how they are "growing up".
You have a bunch of seed-pods formed already----all those things on the right of the blooms with the 2 pointy things on them...I will have a lot too...my plants are now close to 7' tall...branching all over and blooming away...
Beware!!!! These pods will be woody and hard when dry--and it will be a struggle to get the seeds out...get your pliers out...There are 3 tubes in each of the pods...have to break them apart...then remove the flat seeds...
See the picture Sally posted on her article of the seeds--the cones--and the pods...I took that--and I struggled to get the seeds out...It was my first go too last year.
OR!! I can just post it again here...Gita
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donnerville
Damascus, MD (Zone 7a)
July 28, 2010 4:59 PM Post #8003142
| Gita, thanks for the tips. I will watch the seed pods closely and make sure I don't lose them. |
