Foxglove Summer: The Fifth Rivers of London novel (A Rivers of London novel): Book 5 in the #1 bestselling Rivers of London series

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Foxgloves are best planted in spring or autumn, when the soil is moist and warm, to encourage new root growth. Ben has deservedly earned high praise for his Rivers of London series and Foxglove Summer continues to broaden the saga with gusto. With plenty of dark humour and action, great characters - human and otherwise! - this latest novel more than delivers everything fans will expect from a new story in this brilliant series. Thoroughly recommended * Down the Tubes * As well as the common foxglove, Digitalis purpurea, the following are some of the other excellent garden plants: Foxgloves are usually easy to grow from seed, either bought or saved from your own plants, although some cultivars and hybrids do not produce many viable seeds. Still, seeds are produced in abundance, so if you sow plenty, you will usually have some success.If saving seeds from a cultivar, the offspring may differ from the parents.

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Find sources: "Foxglove Summer"– news · newspapers · books · scholar · JSTOR ( May 2015) ( Learn how and when to remove this template message)Continue to grow the seedlings in a bright location, thinning them out as needed. Keep the seedlings evenly moist, but not wet. Foxy' is a shorter cultivar (27 inches) with purple, white, and pink flowers. It often blooms in its first year. Biennial foxgloves and some perennial foxgloveswill flower the year after planting, if large enough – they spendthefirst year rooting in, growing leaves and building up strength. Theyusually send up flower spikes once the rosette of leavesis more than 15–20cm (6–8in) wide. Where to plant foxgloves In the fifth of his bestselling series Ben Aaronovitch takes Peter Grant out of whatever comfort zone he might have found and takes him out of London - to a small village in Herefordshire where the local police are reluctant to admit that there might be a supernatural element to the disappearance of some local children. But while you can take the London copper out of London you can't take the London out of the copper.

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Foxglove is a well-known plant across the UK, which produces a spike of purple-pink flowers between June and September. It can grow up to 2m tall and is found in heathland, woodland edges and gardens. This pretty flower is also a valuable source of nectar for bees. To browse photos and descriptions of many foxglove cultivars, go to RHS Find a Plant. You can also search by height, flower colour, hardiness, Plants for Pollinatorsand more,to help narrow down your choices. Most foxgloves are beiennials, flowering in their second year from seed, or short lived perennials. Most are more or less evergreen so their rosettes of green leaves remain throughout the winter. Powdery mildew is a fungal disease that can affect the leaves,but plants usually recover without treatmentWe've highlighted this Iberian sub-species because there are several unusual cultivars with downy foliage and stems, like that of Stachys byzantina. Digitalis purpurea subsp. heywoodii cultivars to grow include 'Silver Fox' and ' Silver Cub'.