Planting ideas for cleared foxgloves patch

msqingxiao

Hi all, I've just cut down my foxgloves and shaken loads of seeds off them. Wondering what I can do with the empty patch between now and when the new foxglove seedlings come up? It's partial shade and foxgloves flourished there. Thanks!

AnniD

Are you thinking of perennials or just temporary stuff like bedding plants?  Bedding plants are being sold off even as we speak 

Slow-worm

Crocosmia
Astrantia
Ice plant 

msqingxiao

Thanks both! I'm more thinking about temporary stuff. Maybe getting some bedding plants is a good idea.

Not sure if there's anything more permanent that I can mix plant together with foxgloves? I had 10+ foxglove plants in the patch this season. They grew very big and smothered anything in their way...

WAMS

Wilko have lovely big pots of marigolds, good sized plants, at the moment. There are quite a few in each pot and they are big enough to fend off the molluscs.

They're cheerful planted en masse.

Slow-worm

Is it a shady or sunny area?

msqingxiao

Slow-worm said:

Is it a shady or sunny area?

It's partial shade

msqingxiao

WhereAreMySecateurs said:

Wilko have lovely big pots of marigolds, good sized plants, at the moment. There are quite a few in each pot and they are big enough to fend off the molluscs.

They're cheerful planted en masse.

Thanks! I've got a lot of French marigold seeds, and actually some mixed wild flower seeds too. Wonder if I can still sow them in the patch for this season or is it too late?

Also I found my French marigolds (grown in pots with no protection) never got bothered by the slugs and snails here, interestingly...

GardenerSuze

I did see plants of Nicotiana Sylvestris at the local garden centre two weeks ago. Most annuals prefer a sunnier spot. The problem is it is getting too late in the season for bedding or annuals, the warm weather has been a challenge for the growers.