Foxglove

Foxglove

Foxglove is a common flower around Newfoundland and Labrador, and many of the pictures were taken in my yard after my wife purchased one plant, and the next year, there were many foxgloves instead of one. My grandson was a toddler, so I pulled up every one I could find since that plant is poisonous. I continued to pull them up for a couple of years after that. 

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Flowers

Flowers

I've been photographing a few other species of flowers in my yard. My wife purchased one foxglove plant several years ago and I took several photos of it. When I found out the flowers could poison a child, I pulled them up. They still grow here even though I pull up every one that I see. Just this week I found three plants blooming in a secluded part of my yard. I am amazed that they all came from that one plant and the seeds survived that long.
My wife purchased a "straw daisy" which is producing many blooms now.  The peony was a gift from a student at my school several years ago. Each year he (his parents) gave me a gift of a perennial which I planted in one area of my yard. When I moved, I took some of the the plants with me and they are flourishing in their new locations.

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Foxglove

This morning I am sharing photos of foxglove which was growing prolifically in a couple of areas in my yard.

In the summer of 2008 my wife purchased one foxglove plant from a local nursery. I planted it near the front steps and watched it grow. The next year I noticed hundreds, if not thousands, of a new "weeds". I thought it might be foxglove, but wasn't sure. Several plants grew, but it wasn't until last summer, two years later, did the foxglove really bloom.

I really liked the plant and the beautiful flowers, but when I found out they are poisonous and could kill a small child, I tore all the plants up before they could produce more seeds. My 17 month old grandson will be out and about this summer and I don't want him near poisonous plants.

I included a wide view to show you how these flowers, which grew wild from the seeds from one original plant, added colour to a section of the yard that I am letting go wild. You can see how the meadowsweet, hawkweed and buttercups have grown on what was excavated ground with very little, if any, soil just three years ago.

Photos of the Day are for sale as stock photographs
and photographic enlargements.

They can also be purchased as slide shows
and/or wallpapers/screensavers.