Six months with Foxglove — what I actually learned

I brought Foxglove home six months ago with high hopes and almost no knowledge. The first challenge was understanding avoiding any fertiliser which would favour grasses over flowers — something I hadn't expected to matter so much. Once I got that right, the whole thing settled down.

I grow it in a container with a meadow mix for a balcony and the position has been ideal. exceptional wildlife value for bees, butterflies, and hoverflies is what keeps drawing me back to it. peak flowering from early to midsummer was the moment that made me glad I persisted through the learning curve. One honest warning: poor germination in compacted or clay soils caught me off guard in month two. Stay on top of it from the start.