Foxglove

Just as we were leaving Nebraska a couple weeks ago, my carefully nurtured foxglove plants were bursting into blossom. I started them from seed, weeded, watered, watched, and waited for that moment. Foxglove plants don't bloom until their second year, so some patience was required.

To our delight, we discovered that the Oregon coast is full of foxglove. It's growing wild all over the cliff below us, and a foxglove website refers to it as a "weed." It was first introduced from Europe as an ornamental garden plant, but it has taken off on an uncontrolled journey of its own, happily reproducing and spreading in Oregon, Washington, and West Virginia.

I guess a "weed" is any plant we're not controlling. Thank God for our lack of control!

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