If you have some seed, you can certainly try sowing some in the bits where you put the bulbs in, but while many bulbs will manage to come through some grass, the digitalis might struggle. It's why they produce so much seed - not all will germinate and go on to thrive. You might have to experiment a little. If the grass is short and sparse, it might be ok, and you can move some of the ones you already have and see how they do. I can't say I've ever really seen them growing in grass as such - it's usually in soil, and similar to what @nick615 describes. Hedgerows etc. Maybe I've just not noticed as they're so ubiquitous. If you can get them to thrive though, they'll seed around
It's a place where beautiful isn't enough of a word....
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
The "traditional" mauve ones should work.... they prefer some shade, but as Fairy said,and moisture. Those talking about them "not coming back", remember, they are biennial, very few are perennial. I sow a few each August, ready for planting out the following spring. Gives them a head start, the slugs love the new young foliage!!
I was assuming it was the native purple one @Nanny Beach but maybe that's wrong. The cultivated types are certainly more iffy and can be perennial or biennial depending on type and variety. I grew Pam's Choice several years ago, which rapidly reverted so that was a pain. The common one will seed into all sorts of places, but that's always different from actively planting something too.
It's a place where beautiful isn't enough of a word....
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
They always seem to grow best where they've seeded themselves. If I transplant them, or collect seed and sow in pots and grow on, or even buy plants, they never do quite as well. These days I just take a seeding flowering spike and shake it around in approximately where I'd like them to grow. If they like it, they'll grow and if they don't, that's my mistake trying to put them where they don't want to be.
Doncaster, South Yorkshire. Soil type: sandy, well-drained
If you transplant, it's better done when they're small. They don't move so well when they're bigger. I do the same @JennyJ, and even then, they don't always cope with the conditions here, but the native one should be easier if that's what the OP has .
It's a place where beautiful isn't enough of a word....
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
My digitalis seed was originally a gift in about 2010 from a gardener in Sussex. No idea about what variety it was. Here in Belgium it has come up in all-pink, all-white and pinkish-yellow varieties since 2010, where IT decides to grow (not my decision, as Jenny says!) I'm bemused that it has grown between cracks in north-facing paving stones that aren't watered. I hope that my grass is sparse enough, as Fairy says they might have a chance then! Didn't know that the young plants are slug fodder, Nanny, oof!
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You might have to experiment a little. If the grass is short and sparse, it might be ok, and you can move some of the ones you already have and see how they do. I can't say I've ever really seen them growing in grass as such - it's usually in soil, and similar to what @nick615 describes. Hedgerows etc. Maybe I've just not noticed as they're so ubiquitous. If you can get them to thrive though, they'll seed around
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
The cultivated types are certainly more iffy and can be perennial or biennial depending on type and variety. I grew Pam's Choice several years ago, which rapidly reverted so that was a pain.
The common one will seed into all sorts of places, but that's always different from actively planting something too.
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
I do the same @JennyJ, and even then, they don't always cope with the conditions here, but the native one should be easier if that's what the OP has .
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...