self starter...is this a baby foxglove?

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  1. Tina

    Tina Young Pine

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    I don't know what this plant could be so wanted to check here before pulling it out.


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  3. Droopy

    Droopy Slug Slaughterer Plants Contributor

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    It could be. If I were you I'd leave it be for now, just to make certain.
     
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    stratsmom Flower Fanatic

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    Could be :-D I'll run check my foxglove babies and let you know :p
     
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    I don't think so. I think fox glove has a more elliptical fuzzy leaf. BUT I could be wrong, mine didn't germinate last year when I planted them.
     



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  6. toni

    toni Mistress of Garden Junque Staff Member Moderator Plants Contributor

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    Doesn't look like mine, but it does look familiar. Like Droopy said, let it grow a while to see what blooms ;)
     
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    I think letting them grow is so exciting! Such a fun mystery!
     
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    Here is my baby foxglove (at least that is what I think it is) :D


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    baby columbine & baby foxglove ( photo / image / picture from stratsmom's Garden )

    to the left is an itty-bitty baby columbine and to the right is what is left of the woodland hyacinth Jewell shared with me last year :p
     
  9. Droopy

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    Pretty babies. It looks a lot like our little foxglove seedlings. It should grow pretty fast so you'll be able to find out for certain very soon. :D
     
  10. Tina

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    I don't want to have another huge foxglove in my front yard :(
     
  11. Droopy

    Droopy Slug Slaughterer Plants Contributor

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    I leave the seedlings be where I'd like a foxglove. The rest I weed away. The foxgloves here are biannuals, which means they make leaf rosettes the first year, bloom the second year and then die. :D I like them because they grow where no garden plant will, they're very low maintenance, they're tall and showy, bloom for a long time and come in different shades of pinks, even a white or very pale pink one now and then.
     
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    Exactly Droopy.
    Low maintenance.
    I like them. Not so much now, when there's just dried up stems... :(

    Sweden was nice! Lots of lupines and Rhododendrons everywhere....hehehe
     

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