Gardens often hold secrets. I purchased a small foxglove plant May, 2013. Although it did not bloom as promised that year, the following year it had two beautiful spikes.
May 8, 2012. Newly planted Digitalis purpurea ‘Pam’s Choice’
Following year. May 17, 2014. Digitalis purpurea ‘Pam’s Choice’ (Pam’s Choice Foxglove)
Fast forward seven years. This month I have been guarding a foxglove that appeared unexpectedly, scratching my head as to where it came from. It began opening 3 days ago.
May 23, 2021. Digitalis purpurea ‘Pam’s Choice
May 23, 2021. Digitalis purpurea ‘Pam’s Choice
When I could finally look inside I was able to match it to that long-forgotten one, Digitalis purpurea ‘Pam’s Choice’, back for a visit long overdue.
May 23, 2021. Digitalis purpurea ‘Pam’s Choice
Water drops always make flowers even more intriguing. Sadly these are from my hand watering the garden yesterday. No rain to speak of for two months.)
May 23, 2021. Digitalis purpurea ‘Pam’s Choice’
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I keep reading about plants turning up after years of absence and have myself noticed this happening… first with an Astrantia and then my Camassias! It is such a pretty flower, so glad it came back to say hello again!
How lucky to have those two return to your garden! I was happy to see the foxglove because I’ve had so much trouble keeping them.
Love it, did the blog help narrow the date? I am finding this happens a lot, when did I do this or that. And there it is on the blog. Lovely she returned for you after a long absence…any reason you can suss out?
Thanks I was happy to see the foxglove. Actually I used Apple’s Photos search. The blog search is helpful sometimes too.
What a nice surprise! Maybe the seeds bide their time until the moment is right.
Seeds are amazing aren’t they! Foxgloves are hard for me to grow.
How wonderful that your seeds decided to grow once more. Foxglove seed can lie dormant for many years until the circumstances are just right for them to germinate once more, it was obviously biding its time.
I’ve had so many foxgloves disappear after a year, I’d like to think those seeds will show up again!
Beautiful type of foxglove. They grow where they want.
Thanks! I’d love to figure out how to make them happy here.
Gosh, the prodigal foxglove! That white-purple combination is unusual and very pretty.
Truly. I hope to collect some seeds this time to keep it going.