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Plant your own foxglove haven at home
Attract bees and wildlife to the garden by featuring foxgloves in your planting scheme. They’re sure to give a burst of colour to any corner of the garden.
foxglove were a clear-cut favourite at this year ’s BBC Gardeners ’ World Live at the NEC in Birmingham , appearing in the Beautiful Borders , Show Gardens and throughout the Floral Marquee . Popular in cottage garden , foxgloves make a lovely improver to the garden , arrive in many colours and mixture .
With the help of our friends at BBC Gardeners ’ World Magazine , we ’ve put together some top lead to help you rise your own foxglove haven at home .
Let’s get growing!
To start growing foxgloves , inseminate the seeds in a tray of seed compost . rather of covering the come , post a propagator hat or sail of methamphetamine over the tray . Already grown plant can be plotted flat into the garden in spring or fall .
When looking for a smirch to institute your foxglove , it ’s important to call up that most varieties of foxgloves choose the shade and do best in a well - drained , dampish dirt . What ’s more , you might not get flower the same year you plant . To get your foxgloves to ego - seed around the garden for flowers every year , plant them two yr in a run-in .
digitalis will self - source on their own in the garden – just avoid deadheading the flowers until seed have developed and ripened . you’re able to collect the seeds and scatter them where you ’d like them to grow , or inseminate seeds in a tray of compost .

Top tips
Browse the gallery below to get foxglove garden inspiration from the gardens at BBC Gardeners’ World Live
Ready to establish ? go over out some of the floral feature film , Beautiful Borders and Show Gardens from BBC Gardeners ’ World Live 2022 for thought of where to set in your garden , as well as color schemes and ideas for plant .
New yr , raw garden , young movement !
We ’re through the garden logic gate into 2023 , with a boniface of gardening style blooming throughout the country . Fromhouse plantsreaching dizzying heights of popularity , to the color of the twelvemonth ‘ Viva Magenta’,read on for our full listing of trends .

To get up faithful and personal with fresh garden inspiration , new plants , the modish gardening kit and more , join us in 2023 .
Colour of the Year 2023
Hand - picked by Pantone , the color of the yr has been named as ‘ Viva Magenta .
Pantone describe the gloss as‘brave and fearless , and a throb coloring whose ebullience kick upstairs a joyous and optimistic celebration , write a new narrative . ’
break a world of colour and scent in the stunningFloral Marquee , bursting with prize - winning nurseries and exhibit .

Sustainable gardening
Whilst your garden might seem to already be very fleeceable , it can always be greener !
Discover way you may make horticulture more sustainable , like upcycling uncouth items to make fashionable features . What was a pallet , hessian bag , bits of tube , and tin cans , could become a plantation owner , uprise bags , water feature article , and wildlife habitats .
Be cheer by the BBC Gardeners ’ World Magazine editorial team as they ’re joined by expert to give wind and advice .

Grow your own food
search to go from soil to supper this class ? Get brilliant advice from the National Allotment Society at the effect .
Peat-free gardening
Learn about the in vogue peat - free compost from exhibitors who can offer face - to - aspect advice .
Indoor gardening
Foliage does n’t just go outside – bring nature indoors and be inspired by the Houseplant Hub .
Mindful gardening
Beautiful Borders returns with this yr ’s theme ‘ My Garden Escape ’ to give you place savvy ideas .
Gardening on a budget
attain different ways you could let your garden blossom under a tighter budget , with advice from technical gardeners .
Fermented foods
Visit the BBC Good Food Summer Show ( with loose accounting entry with your ticket ! ) and find the a la mode bon vivant trends .
Feeling inspire ? find oneself out what else is happening at BBC Gardeners ’ World endure this June !





