Originally Posted by braingonebad

Have you grown foxglove before? In my area, it works as a biennial. It'll come up one year, bloom one or two years, then you have to rely on it reseeding itself, or you have no plant. If you allow the flower stalk to fall over when the blooms fade, generally its seeds will fall out and plant themselves and grow.

Once the plants have 3-4 leaves, you can move them if you like. Don't wait till they're too big - then they don't transplant as easily.

(things I learned the hard way.)



Cheryl - I'm not sure which mock orange yet. I'll have to see what's available locaaly. My neighbor has one that he says blooms most of the summer and it is awesome, both how pretty it is and how aromatic it is. I'd like one like that.

And thanks for the hummy links!

I have half those plants, lol! The comumbine, the texas salvia, the bee balm, beard tongue, trumpet vine, coral bells.

They go for the salvia the most. I collect the seeds in the fall and just toss them all over the beds in late spring. Great plant.

We had a honeysuckle, and it tore shingles and gutters off the house. we tore that bad boy down, lol. The trumpet vine is going by the fence, just to be safe.