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Barbara Garden Sage Posts: 35,463	tall Jun 5, 2008 14:28:06 GMT Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by Barbara on Jun 5, 2008 14:28:06 GMT is this the tallest foxglove, 6ft 1inch,
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Tig Admin Garden Sage Posts: 42,819	tall Jun 5, 2008 14:29:57 GMT Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by Tig on Jun 5, 2008 14:29:57 GMT Cor!! That's a biggun Barbara ;D x Tig
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Plocket Garden Guru Posts: 16,441	tall Jun 5, 2008 16:30:26 GMT Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by Plocket on Jun 5, 2008 16:30:26 GMT Wow that's impressive
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Shrubrose Garden Celebrity Posts: 11,068	tall Jun 5, 2008 18:01:35 GMT Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by Shrubrose on Jun 5, 2008 18:01:35 GMT ;D
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JennyWrenn Garden Guru Posts: 19,513	tall Jun 5, 2008 18:14:22 GMT Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by JennyWrenn on Jun 5, 2008 18:14:22 GMT Did you put that trellis up specially for it ;D
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Rosefriend Admin Friendship is the Finest Rose in the Garden of Life Posts: 30,384	tall Jun 5, 2008 18:14:31 GMT Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by Rosefriend on Jun 5, 2008 18:14:31 GMT Barbara - that is nearly a foot taller than I am!! RF
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prodigal gardener Head Gardener Posts: 2,201	tall Jun 5, 2008 18:35:36 GMT Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by prodigal gardener on Jun 5, 2008 18:35:36 GMT and me thats a smasher that is ;D
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Weeterrier Head Gardener Thank hivvins fur the rain Posts: 5,472	tall Jun 5, 2008 18:40:56 GMT Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by Weeterrier on Jun 5, 2008 18:40:56 GMT What a corker

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6ft 1in! Very impressive

I went out to measure mine (only 5ft 6in

), got distracted, and ended up in a big dead-heading session, ate my first strawberry and my first raspberry, missed Emmerdale, and now I can't remember what I did with the tape-measure

Barbara Garden Sage Posts: 35,463	tall Jun 6, 2008 6:46:45 GMT Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by Barbara on Jun 6, 2008 6:46:45 GMT jenny the trellis, as you well know is for sweet peas RF, i'm only 4ft 11in so its way above me NO, your tape measure is some-where near the foxgloves
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nightowl Head Gardener Posts: 8,044	tall Jun 6, 2008 7:31:22 GMT Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by nightowl on Jun 6, 2008 7:31:22 GMT It wasn't Barbara, it was near the raspberries!

Barbara Garden Sage Posts: 35,463	tall Jun 6, 2008 7:40:24 GMT Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by Barbara on Jun 6, 2008 7:40:24 GMT why were you measuring raspberrys ;D
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nightowl Head Gardener Posts: 8,044	tall Jun 6, 2008 20:43:10 GMT Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by nightowl on Jun 6, 2008 20:43:10 GMT I wasn't. I had it in my hand when I spotted I had my first ripe one! and put it down to pick, scoff, and search for more! and then noticed I had a ripe strawberry as well and wanderered over for that! Yum-yums! ;D

Chuckles Garden Celebrity Still gardening but only have time to lurk on here these days Posts: 13,215	tall Jun 18, 2008 21:57:16 GMT Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by Chuckles on Jun 18, 2008 21:57:16 GMT That is tall Barbara but then I had a google www.flickr.com/photos/digitalpiracy/2587385098/in/pool-blooming_beauty
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nightowl Head Gardener Posts: 8,044	tall Jun 19, 2008 8:47:02 GMT Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by nightowl on Jun 19, 2008 8:47:02 GMT 40ft? That is amazing Chuckles!! ;D ;D ;D Mine is now 6ft 5in (now I've picked it up off the ground and staked it this morning) , but i suppose Barbara's has grown more too! ( can't post a pic cos PB are doing maintenance this morning)

nightowl Head Gardener Posts: 8,044	tall Jun 22, 2008 22:53:38 GMT Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by nightowl on Jun 22, 2008 22:53:38 GMT 6ft 7in now!!! ;D

Shrubrose Garden Celebrity Posts: 11,068	tall Jun 23, 2008 18:22:08 GMT Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by Shrubrose on Jun 23, 2008 18:22:08 GMT Ooo think of all those lovely seeds!
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I'm going to cut it off when they are ripe and wave it about on the piece of open ground outside my fence (or the slug'n'snail-landing-pad as it's better known!)

;D

It already has trees and some daffs there, and I have infested it with Forget-me-nots and hardy geraniums for a bit more colour

Even though it's communal ground I keep the bracken pulled to try and stop it taking over

, and spray the dandelions to stop them coming over to me

Re Foxgloves, I have a whinge

I buy seeds of beautiful cultivated varieties and plant them in shady spots in my garden, as advised, and they disappear

But let one wild seed land in an unsuitable spot (open, hot,dry) and it turns into a mega-healthy monster!!!

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Post by Shrubrose on Jun 26, 2008 18:22:10 GMT

I kind of know what you mean NO. I have loads of wild ones about - they were all purple and white to begin with and now I have some lovely shades of pink/purple, white with a hint of purple etc. They are the most promiscuous wild things! ;D So I guess the lesson is - leave them alone, if you can, and they'll reward you

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nightowl Head Gardener Posts: 8,044	tall Jun 27, 2008 7:54:23 GMT Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by nightowl on Jun 27, 2008 7:54:23 GMT My Fox-triffid is now 6ft 10in, and I have counted 90-100 spent flowers on the main stem, with more still to go! And its 4 off shoots are doing the business too!