On 24/08/2020 10:07, Jim S wrote:
I had a single foxglove appear in a tub this year. There are no foxgloves
anywhere in the neighbourhodd that I can see. It flowered well and I moved
it into the garden after flowering.
Now I have another in a different tub looking as if it will flower. I
expected them to have a flowering season, but it seems random.
Any digitalists here?

Foxgloves are opportunists which can turn up almost anywhere. Maybe
there was a seed in the compost you added to the tub or was perhaps in a
pot of something you put in the tub. They are small enough (about 1mm)
to stick to bird's feet if they happen to pick one up which could later
be deposited in your tub.

Although you might not have seen one locally, they favour edges of and
clearings in woodlands. You won't usually see one in an open field where
it would be fairly obvious due to is height.

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Jeff