Foxglove seed

[ChrisJB]

Hi folks. I have collected a load of Foxglove seed this back end and am unsure of when to sow them in seed trays and were to put the trays after. Do I sow them now and leave outside for the frosts to aid germination, or should I put them on the windowsill for a bit of warmth? I'm hopeless with seeds.
Thanks in advance.

Regards, Chris

[tameblackbirds]

never put them in seed trays myself always shake plant or shake into my hand and scatter round garden never a problem however cold it gets. but having said that I would still scatter round the garden in early march but you may not see flower spikes till following summer

[big bill]

Agree with above sow directly into the ground ,I have some and just let them self seed and once seedlings bib enough to handle transplant out to final locations

[ChrisJB]

I thought about a random scatter approach, but I want to be pretty selective where the plants go. Also, they are white foxgloves and I don't want to get them mixed up with the purple ones, so when I would thin them out as seedlings, I might thin out all the white ones.
Please excuse my fussiness.

Regards, Chris

[Meta menardi]

As far as I know the seed from Foxglove germinates fairly freely.

Some time ago, I got a very good germination of Cowslip seed collected from the garden after they had a bit of time in the fridge (I presume a wild plant, due to the history of the garden). I sowed a standard half seed tray, and left it to grow a bit. By transplanting a number of times, I raised over 200 plugs and they are everywhere now.

Take a tray and scrobble out a few clumps of seedlings and get a less cramped tray, until finally you have single plants.

[Jez]

Foxgloves come up all over the place, they self seed easy peesy. Only a fornight back I sowed some for a client and there coming up a treat. Will need thinning out though...no probs!

[Susie]

I grow wild foxgloves in the garden too. I just sprinkled the seeds from this summer's plants over the garden generally and I will see what happens next year.

If I were you though I would sew them into trays and leave the trays outside as this will be as near natural conditions as you can get.

[Geoff F]

I usually sow thinly in small pots as soon as the seed is ripe then thin the seedlings to one or two per pot. That way you should get flowers next year and you can place each plant exactly where you want it.

Random sprinkling is fine if you want to cover a larger area.

Try sowing some seed now, although it is a bit late, and keep the rest back for a Spring sowing but that may not flower until the following year.

[ChrisJB]

Cheers, thanks folks.

Regards, Chris

[ron1863]

We have them in our garden and all from a couple of wild plants I brought back several years ago. There are now dozens around the garden, all self seeded from the originals, I just let them grow wherever