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Originally Posted by Stewart Robert Hinsley
Foxgloves are short-lived perennials usually grown as biennials. (Or
alternatively biennials perennating by means of offsets.) They produce
one large spike in their 2nd season, and tend to produce smaller spikes
in subsequent years.
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As well as the large spike, they also produce smaller spikes in the leaf axils. You'd encourage these if you chopped the main spike, but they aren't a patch on the main spike, so I wouldn't recommend getting rid of the main spike . Cut off the main spike once it's finished flowering and this will encourage the side spikes - ie you can have your cake and eat it!