How to Grow Erinus Plants in your Garden

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Depending on the species, they bloom from the end of winter to summer. They carry flat flowers of pink, white, or red.

Their small size makes them ideal to grow in rock gardens, or in the gaps of drystone walls.

A common name of Erinus is the Fairy Foxglove.

Erinus alpinus by peganum.

How to Grow Fairy Foxglove (Erinus)

Seeds of the Erinus plant should be sown on the soil surface at the start of spring. Fairy foxgloves like to grow in a sunny to partially shaded part of the garden. This location should also have good drainage.

The soil should be gritty or sandy in nature. If you prefer to start the growing process indoors, then they should be started off about 8 weeks before they are due to be put in the garden (following the last frost of spring).

They typically take about three to four weeks to germinate, at a temperature of 17 to 21 degrees Centigrade (63 to 70°F).

Caring for Erinus Plants in the Garden

If you require more Fairy Foxgloves, then they should be divided in the spring.

It is best not to self seed Erinus plants, as the plants used in gardens are cultivated for their traits. Thus if they self seed, then their offspring may not stay true, and plants are generally not as attractive.

I hope that you found this guide on how to grow Erinus plants in your garden. You may also enjoy my gardening guides on how to grow Foxglove, Antirrhinum plant, and Rhodochiton plants.