Aunti Pat's foxgloves
Foxgloves (digitalis) are one of my favorite flowers. They give towering blooms that really make a focal point in the garden. They're billed as biennial which means they bloom every year and a half or so. Actually, I'm not quite certain what biennial means.
My Aunti Pat lives in Fremont and was bragging during a recent visit to the Bay Area about her foxglove. I was inspired so I planted some in peat pots by seed in my window sill. We'll see if they turn out and bloom next spring.
If anyone has any tips, let me know. Here are the photos of Aunti Pat's yard.
(Three total)
Comments
They're pretty, but they're poisonous, at least in certain doses. I think Agatha Christie used foxgloves in a couple of her novels.
REPLY: You are correct. Digitalis is indeed poisonous. Agatha surely was clever. I think if I wrote a murder mystery, I'd have digitalis pollen used in a fancy safron dish.
I'm not sure which parts of the plants are poisonous. I guess this goes on to make the point that not all things beautiful are benign.
Posted by: Kristina | August 7, 2007 09:19 PM