If you're looking to create a stunning flowerbed, brighten up your garden with vibrant colors, and add delightful fragrances, consider the beautiful foxglove. Some might say, "But a rose is much more beautiful!" Perhaps so—everyone has different tastes. But roses alone can't satiate your appetite; you also want variety, a riot of colors and shapes. Therefore, foxgloves, planting and caring for them outdoors is not at all difficult—they're the perfect choice. We'll look at the photos now, and you'll see—this is a wonderful, rewarding flower; find a place for it in your garden.
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Planting foxgloves
Growing it from seed is a pleasure - it has no special requirements, it grows beautifully in the sun and feels fine in partial shade, as long as the soil is well-drained and not water-stagnate, and watered moderately periodically - that's all our beauty requires.
The seeds are tiny, like dust, so it's best to plant them diluted with sand to prevent them from becoming too dense. In May or June, dig a bed, scatter the seeds, lightly dust with sand, cover, and in a week or two, you'll be rewarded with a steady stream of shoots. Don't despair if they seem to be growing slowly—that's only in the first month. Then, the foxglove will gain momentum, and before you know it, it'll be 1-1.5 meters tall.
A month after germination, when the plants begin to actively grow, it's time to thin them out. Don't be stingy with the seedlings; thin them out vigorously, leaving 12 centimeters between them; otherwise, they'll be small and worthless.
If you've got a rare variety, use the seedling method, transplant them into pots, and plant them in the fall. Cover them thoroughly with spruce branches, and the following spring, early in the spring, the foxglove will delight you with its stunning blooms. Incidentally, it disperses its seeds, so they'll sprout in your garden, to your delight and delight.
Advice: Be careful not to let your plants sit in stagnant water in the spring—foxgloves don't like this and may rot. Choose a site with at least a slight elevation, and they'll grow well. You can also plant our beauty in tree trunk circles; they love that.
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Types of foxgloves
PurpleThe most popular among gardeners is tall, growing up to 1.5 meters, and usually blooming in the second year. It's very beautiful and vibrant. You can admire its flowers for about a month and a half.
Advice: If you remove faded inflorescences in time, it will bloom longer.
Rusty foxglove – a very bright and festive beauty, similar to an orchid, with a wide range of color variations. It overwinters beautifully, is easy to care for, and is a biennial plant.
Yellow foxglove — It survives winter better than all other species, and is a perennial plant that blooms in June-July-August.
Looks beautiful foxglove — pubescent leaves, delicate yellow flowers, June-July pleases with its beauty in the garden.
But despite the beauty and unpretentiousness of this plant, it is important to remember that it is poisonous, so if you have small children in the house who put everything in their mouths, it is dangerous to allow them near the flowers in the garden.
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