Some people — particularly those to whom every blade of grass represents potential profit — consider foxgloves a weed. When they're flowering, though, they're undeniably striking, and the bumblebees love them. The old road cutting at the front of the terrace seems to be a favoured place for foxgloves and they've been flowering profusely. Now, however, the final flowers hang high up on the long stalks, and I imagine the last of the flowers will fall over the next week. The place will be a little duller without them.
[29 November 2013, Olympus OM-D EM-1, 12-40 mm f2.8 at 12 mm, ISO 400, 1/1250 at f5.6]
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My father told me firmly that a weed is a plant growing anywhere you don't want it - but I adore foxgloves and am happy to see them anywhere...
They look lovely to me, will check if they grow here.
No one should consider foxgloves anything but entirely welcome in their garden. They are beautiful, stately plants. I have them in white and cream as well as pink, and anyone with heart problems would be worse off without them. I'm so glad you have celebrated them in this way.
EC, that's the common definition of a weed, so according to that, I don't consider them weeds :^)
Zhoen, they seem pretty hardy and are widespread throughout New Zealand, so I imagine you could grow them successfully.
RR, the white form grows here too, although it's not as abundant as the pink. The mixture looks even better than the pink on its own.
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