Jimny14
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So I have finally managed to get some foxgloves to grow in my garden (no idea why they've not found their own way here). Here is a picture of one particularly large specimen and I was wondering if anyone has a larger one anywhere. I haven't measured it but I'm 6'5" and standing next to it this is up to the top of my forehead so probably 6'3 minimum. The rest are a much more standard height.
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Veggie
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Impressive, Jimny. ![Big Grin Big Grin](https://gardenandgossip.org/images/smilies/biggrin.png)
Mine are the wild ones, they're tall (compared to me ![Wink Wink](https://gardenandgossip.org/images/smilies/wink.png) ) but I'll have a proper look tomorrow.
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That's a very pretty foxglove. I have a single wild one in my garden, but it's probably not even 5 feet tall.
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I have one, brought in by the birds I think, and it's about the same height as me if I remember correctly - 5'5.
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That's a very pretty colour, all my foxgloves are either purple or white, all self seeded, I've never intentionally grown a single one.
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I love the colour of that foxglove. I’ve got a couple of pams split flowering at the moment. But they’re not very tall. Mostly because they’re in pots. I’ve lots and lot of wild ones. I’ll have a look tomorrow at hight.
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Garrett
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I've measured my tallest at 190cm (6'3" in old money), grown from seed.
The one on the left. It was too hard to hold the tape measure and take a picture at the same time.
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13-06-2022, 03:41 PM
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I've got you well beat! I'd show you a picture but the button at the bottom of the reply box that lets you to insert the picture is missing. Hmmm....
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13-06-2022, 04:06 PM
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(13-06-2022, 03:41 PM)Moth Wrote: I've got you well beat! I'd show you a picture but the button at the bottom of the reply box that lets you to insert the picture is missing. Hmmm.... ![Dodgy Dodgy](https://gardenandgossip.org/images/smilies/dodgy.png)
Either the file was too big the first time, or my PC's playing silly bu99ers.
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13-06-2022, 04:10 PM
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Let's try again with a pic.....
Well it works, but no "thumbnail/medium/large" options
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