Here are the first photos of the earliest wild Foxgloves here on the Lane. The Foxglove is fairly common in Ireland and is especially prolific around here. It's Botanical name is Digitalis Purpurea and the Irish is Lus Mor. They are used in the manufacture of a drug for certain heart conditions and are poisonous if you eat them. I think they are truly the most exotic and spectacular of all our wild flowers and I could photograph and admire them forever. I won't be able to resist more and more photos all through the month of June when they are in full bloom. Prepare to be swooning!
I love our irish wildflowers they are getting a bit of a beating in the wind these days though
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I love the Foxgloves in full bloom in June too - got some photos in Old Parish a couple of years back, they looked wonderful. Of course the Digitalis extracted is a lifesaver for heart problems. Slows and strengthens the heartrate is what I remember from my nursing school days! Digoxin or Lanoxin is the commercial product/derivative. Nice blog - are u gonna go to the Bloggers' Clinic at the Immrama Travel Writing Festival in LIsmore June 11th (www.lismoreimmrama.com) and meet Manchán Magan and Áine Goggins (couchsurfer on TG4 prog)
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Catherine.
Love the foxies! Have a few blooming at work at the mo. & a few white ones to come in this wkend-- I love them all.
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keep posting!
i'm swooning already! so incredibly beautiful.
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ReplyDeleteLove Foxgloves. Am waiting with baited breath here, planted mixed packet of seeds last year and now waiting to see what comes.
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