Best Foxglove || Digitalis 'Pam's Choice' || History, How to Grow it & a Serious Mistake to Avoid

This video is all about Digitalis 'Pam's Choice', an amazing white foxglove with a variable maroon throat, discovered by Pam Rose Robert
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[@twotales7337]

Gorgeous variety and great video. How do I become a channel member? Would love to get some seed and take part in a grow along - the gardening bug has got me!!

[@GardeningatDouentza]

To become a channel member, hit the join button, read what's on offer and follow the instructions. Here's the link and hope to see you on the other side... kzbin.info/door/U1w33lQmxW2satXeX4X-sQjoin

[@kater8730]

Hello from Canada. Thank you for sharing the story of Pam. I just purchased these seeds and I can't wait to see them take off in my own garden.

[@GardeningatDouentza]

Wonderful. May they do brilliantly for you

[@MaryPoppins-tu1ms]

The same in New Zealand. but, it is autumn here...So, wasn't sure what to do before watched this video..

[@tiffc1859]

ABSOLUTELY STUNNING! Never have I seen these in the states, but I can't WAIT for the day for me to be able to see these GORGEOUS plants in person!!! Thank You for sharing this with the world!

[@GardeningatDouentza]

No way. But this variety originated in the States. That's too sad!

[@Laurie_in_Maine]

3 years ago I bought 25 "Camelot" pelleted foxglove seeds (came in a small vial) that promised to bloom first year. At least 19 - as I remember - grew started in house under florescent lights March 5th (Maine). Hardened them off in my new 'recycled window greenhouse' we had just built the year before. They did indeed bloom first year! And every year since have seeded themselves right in the area they began. I saved stocks of seeds to dry (esp the dark pink!). ♥ My favorite flower to look out the kitchen window and see. Hard rain beat them down a bit this week tho...

[@GardeningatDouentza]

Wow, first year flowering is a definite bonus and I'm glad the offspring come relatively true from seed. Thank you for sharing and happy growing

[@sharonrichardson6563]

What a wonderful story and beautiful plant. Thank you for sharing.

[@GardeningatDouentza]

I love the story too and was so happy to learn of it.

[@GrannysGarden]

What a lovely story behind a beautiful flower. If it wasn't for her keen gardener's eye rescuing the plant from the compost heap this variety would be lost to us. I love the ones with the speckles because the speckle "spray" varies so much from one flower to another.

[@GardeningatDouentza]

Pam has certainly contributed so much to gardening worldwide. Pam's Choice is a real winner.

[@mountainshamanscloudorchid354]

Such a beautiful variety...wish they grew better on the east coast USA!! Beautiful videos...excellent culture tips...Well Done!!

[@GardeningatDouentza]

Thank you fr your great comments and commiserations that the don't grow well in your climate.

[@mountainshamanscloudorchid354]

@@GardeningatDouentza The foxglove used to grow great on the east coast when I was growing up. Plus being very popular in gardens when people were still close to their European roots. But due to global warming our east coast climate has changed to a more Mediterranean climate with wet winters/spring and very dry and no rain in the summer.... :(

[@penelopehammerton2907]

Such an interesting video. The story of Pam and the foxglove was both amazing and delightful. The useful tips will come in very handy and I think I might just have a space for a Pam's Choice foxglove : ) : )

[@GardeningatDouentza]

I'm sure you'll find that space!

[@adunn5173]

Stunning!

[@TheKatenye]

I am going to sew this tomorrow for next year 👍👍

[@juliaaoable]

Loved this video Rachel. I grew foxglove from seed for the first time this year. One variety is just starting to open and the other has made beautiful foliage and I can’t wait to see them flower next year. I will look forward to your video on how to collect seeds to be able to sow even more.

[@GardeningatDouentza]

I am so glad you are enjoying your beautiful foxgloves too. They are such a great plant. Happy growing.

[@FernandaNascimentoOrchids]

They are absolutely gorgeous and they look wonderful in your garden. Such an interesting story!!!!

[@GardeningatDouentza]

Thank you, Fernanda.

[@tamarajusino7855]

I just purchased 2 of them from a new nursery. They are more spectacular in person! Will be transplanting them soon.

[@GardeningatDouentza]

Don't forget to collect seed!

[@tamarajusino7855]

@@GardeningatDouentza Absolutely!

[@kencanning4926]

Love Pams Choice. Flowering up here now Great video Rachel

[@GardeningatDouentza]

Go for it!

[@audreysweeney5338]

I love foxgloves. This foxglove is absolutely beautiful.

[@GardeningatDouentza]

It really is!

[@lisawellington1798]

Thank u. I was just gifted one of these foxgloves😊

[@GardeningatDouentza]

That is a great present. Make sure to save the seed though. Scatter some and sow some then you will have hedged your bets.

[@shanlynwebb]

I love Pams foxglove .. amazing 🤩

[@GardeningatDouentza]

It's so good!

[@jagdishbahia9162]

Thank you so much for sharing such a wonderful story❤️🧡 Beautiful flowers 💐💐

[@GardeningatDouentza]

You are so welcome

[@tedchoi243]

wonderful story!

[@GardeningatDouentza]

Glad you enjoyed it

[@carolinamoonslilenglishgar8580]

Thankyou for sharing such a lovely story 💚 I now want to grow this, I'm looking for a foxglove to grow next year as it happens. Thankyou for the advice 😀

[@lynmccullough4860]

Thank you for the lovely story behind “ Pam’s Choice”. I had wondered who Pam was! I am looking at my magnificent Pam’s Choice foxgloves here in far south Tasmania as I type. They are indeed beautiful but planted near other foxgloves so not sure if the seed will stay true ….

[@GardeningatDouentza]

Greetings from Ireland to Tasmania. Glad you enjoyed listening to Pam's story. It is a magnificent foxglove but it does cross easily with others. Best of luck.

[@giovanninovello1050]

Just bought it, today, in a nursery in Treviso, Italy.

[@GardeningatDouentza]

Well done. Make sure to collect seed!

[@giovanninovello1050]

@@GardeningatDouentza thank you for the suggestion, I will do it.

[@lenaolivetti9366]

Thank you

[@GardeningatDouentza]

Welcome!

[@lenaolivetti9366]

I’ve ordered some seeds !!!!,

[@MultimediaIreland]

I have Sutton's Apricot(flopped in storms last month) about 20 feet away from my Pam's Choice, I did not know the cross pollination by bees will create another hybrid, might not harvest the seeds now. I think my garden(South Kilkenny along the Suir river) is a little ahead of yours too, the main flowering stems only have a couple of flowers left, the side shoots are still flowering well though.

[@GardeningatDouentza]

Isn't it mad how even within the one garden the same plant can flower at slightly different times. I hope you have enjoyed your foxgloves and continue to enjoy them until the end. Happy growing from Wexford to Kilkenny.

[@princesebrenda4146]

bonjour toujours d aussi belle vidéo merci .Dans certaine vidéo comme ou vous présenter de belle tulipes il n y a pas une seul herbe comment faites vous car moi mes bulbes son envahi merci bonne journée

[@GardeningatDouentza]

Merci d'un tellement gentil commentaire. Les mauvaises herbes sont toujours l'ennemi des jardiners. Je désherbe constamment et, comme tout le monde, je ne l'aime pas. Bon courage!

[@AndreaAubertin]

Thanks Rachel...this was an excellent video....I have Pam's Choice blooming in my garden right now. It is an eye catching plant and variety...thankyou to Pam for discovering it!! I wish I could put up a pic for you to see! My question is how long do you have to wait to harvest the seeds after the plant is done blooming? I always thought I had to wait until fall.

[@GardeningatDouentza]

How wonderful that you are also growing Pam's choice. It is a super foxglove. A general rule of thumb for collecting seed is to wait until the seed pot cracks open of its own accord. But you have to be quick because you can easily loose it. And, mark the plants with the best markings! You will have a lot of seed so you can choose to collect from the best plants and further refine the strain. Good luck.

[@AndreaAubertin]

@@GardeningatDouentza ok thankyou very much Rachel!!

[@audreysweeney5338]

I purchased these seeds.

[@GardeningatDouentza]

Good for you. It's a wonderful foxglove.

[@sislertx]

Im sowing plugs i am told will bloom next spring..they wont make it thru our heat but should love our spring...if we get one...last year we.went straight into oven blast

[@GardeningatDouentza]

Oh, good luck. I have my fingers crossed for you

[@marykennedy3351]

Great video. Idk know why it showed up but so happy it did. I just purchased Pam's choice pelted seeds along with Apricot beauty, Pink Gin, and Camelot mix which is suppose to be a first year. Oh and poke a dot polly. I was going to start winter sowing them now. I live in the PNW zone 8b. I know they won't flower until spring or summer till next year 2024 but I want to get them going now. Am I wasting my time? If I start them in June or July then they will winter over this year and in spring of 2024 will they still flower? I've watched Jonny seeds where I bought them and they actually get many of these same varieties to flower first year buy putting in an over winter tunnel. I could have these everywhere. I wish they flowered all spring thru end of summer. Actually all year would be grand.😊 Thank you for sharing.

[@GardeningatDouentza]

Thank you for your comment and I am happy to hear you love foxgloves as much as I do. If you want foxgloves flowering at different times of year then, yes, sow in winter. You will need to protect vulnerable seedlings over winter though. A June sowing will usually result in blooms the following May. Hope this answers your question

[@aisling6564]

I sowed these last year, under the name Elsie Kelsey. They are just beginning to flower now and they are the most prolific bloom producing foxglove I have ever seen. I used to buy young foxglove plants from the store and though they would bloom the first year they only ever produced single stems from each plant. The Elsie kelsey however all have two to three bracts growing out of one plant. Is this normal for foxgloves? I hve so many in the garden now that you can't see anything else :')

[@GardeningatDouentza]

I'm glad you're enjoying your 'Elsie Kelsey' foxglove. It sounds like a vigorous one. I have never grown it myself. It should be noted that, although similar in appearance to 'Pam's Choice', 'Elsie Kelsey' is a different variety.

[@oishd6077]

That's such an interesting story 😃.. it truly is a beautiful foxglove. Your patch is also really nice looking. Can you please let me know if foxgloves can grow in a 7-38 °C range of temperature, 270 cms of annual rainfall and 80% humidity? 😅 I would love to grow some in the near future

[@GardeningatDouentza]

Sounds like your climate might be a bit warm for foxgloves but you won't know unless you give it a go!

[@oishd6077]

@@GardeningatDouentza ok thanks! I'll try tweaking it a bit to fot in some of them. 💚

[@Bubbles-ym9mu]

Good grief, my new experience in planning them was they taking over they big. I love them Pams choice is beautiful I want some. Can they be moved?

[@GardeningatDouentza]

Yes, you can certainly move digitalis. Just keep them well watered and do it before they get too tall!

[@michaelmccarthy4077]

Beautiful foxglove, I do like them a lot (I enjoy many of the biennials: foxglove, hollyhock, sweet william, Stock/Matthiola, Canterbury Bells/Campanula). And an interesting plant whose poison has been used to treat cardiac arrythmia for over 200 years.

[@GardeningatDouentza]

Ooh, you've just reminded me of those gorgeous giant beinnial campanulas. How where's that seed site!

[@alanwann9318]

To add , my Foxgloves have self sown in the garden . I now have 14 seedlings.

[@GardeningatDouentza]

Yes, they will do that. Happy days!

[@naturebehindglass6512]

Is there a story how they came by the name Foxglove? Is there a fable where they are literally used as gloves by a fox? Digitalis in German is Fingerhut.... Finger-hat, meaning a thimble

[@GardeningatDouentza]

I don't know about a fable or story behind the common name but the foxglove flowers really do look more like a soft thimble that a fox's glove. I will have to try and find out. Thanks.

[@Butterfly-1028]

How come you don't mention this plant is poisonous ?? I have a dog and somehow this plant just started growing in my garden. I don't like the fact that it is potentially toxic (even more around my dog).... ,How do I get rid of it safely ??

[@GardeningatDouentza]

Many plants are poisonous. You can just weed the foxgloves out in the normal way.

[@audreysweeney5338]

I am from America. I bought pam's choice seeds and not one grew.

[@GardeningatDouentza]

Sorry to hear that. The seed was probably out of date.