You can still have these stunners blooming in your cutting patch this year. Before planting foxglove seeds, get the garden ready by turning over the soil and adding compost. When selecting pots and seed flats, look for ones that have drainage holes in the bottom and use seed starting compost or a soilless seed starting mix rather than garden soil. Cut any blooms you don't harvest down to the base of the plant to encourage the plant to re-bloom the following year - despite being 'annual' foxgloves, they will flower for a second year. Add a 2- to 4-inch-deep layer of compost over the soil and dig it into the top 12 to 15 inches of the garden bed, mixing and blending it thoroughly. To help prevent spreading, cut the flowers before new seeds develop. Flowering period: Foxgloves can also be grown in pots or containers. They'll be ready to plant out after all danger of frost has passed. Spread: 60cm C arol Klein reveals how best to grow this striking wild flower with tall spires of clear pink tubular bells, along with tips and growing companions. If you sow some biennial types too, you'll get flowers this year and next. Pricking out foxglove seedlings is done once the plants are established. These varieties come in various shades of pink, lilac, peach, cream and white. Foxgloves do best in morning sun light with afternoon shade. Look out for your 'Foxy' seeds now, at a local garden nursery, seed supplier etc. Species: purpurea Foxglove seeds take 20 to 30 days to germinate. In the UK, Sarah Raven and Chiltern Seeds sell varieties of both 'Camelot' and 'Dalmation' series. Foxgloves are poisonous. Eulalia Palomo has been a professional writer since 2009. Foxgloves self-seed readily, so any unharvested seeds are likely to germinate and grow the following season. 'CREATE & CAPTURE' PHOTO STYLING COURSE  |  JOIN THE, Foxgloves: First year flowering varieties for the cutting patch. Once they open the weight of the flower can break the stalk. When planted from seed, these biennials produce roots and leaves the first year but no flowers. Plant foxgloves en masse in woodland gardens, cottage gardens and borders. Foxgloves grow in U.S. Department of Agriculture plant hardiness zones 4 through 8. However, all is not lost if you didn't get around to sowing seed when you should have. While you will be able to view the content of this page in your current browser, you will not be able to get the full visual experience.