I would plant both the Foxglove and Lupin seeds now to establish over winter. They can be left outside or kept in a greenhouse.

Lupin are mostly perennial plants, but there are some that are annuals.

better left outside really. if you know where you want them sow the foxglove seed directly there. lupins are perennials and also do well started off in pots outside and potted into bigger pots before being put in the ground in spring. the greenhouse can still get too hot right through to September.

I drop the seed where I would like my foxgloves.....they drop the rest where they would like to grow. I lift the young plants in the spring to where I want them. :o)

I sprinkle my foxglove seeds around and let them grow until next spring then move them if they are in the wrong place. I planted some collected Lupin seeds a couple of weeks ago into pots in the greenhouse and they are now showing shoots, when they are big enough I will pot them on and put them in the cold frame until spring.

My problem is self seeded ones popping up where I don't want them. Being too soft hearted to move them (they can be touchy about being moved if you don't get a good root ball) I tend to get them flowering in odd places - and then of course self seeding there as well...

With foxgloves, I do the same as Linda and Jaykaty. I find it so hard to keep lupins, even for one season, that I have no experience with them!

Thank you everyone, your replies have been very helpful!

Melchisedec, I had problems keeping lupins, but I have clay soil, so I dug out a a hole about 3 x 2 ft and about 20" deep, got some decent soil and mixed it with sharp sand and horticultural grit, in proportions 3 2 1, and filled the hole with this mix, the lupins are now in their 3rd year, hope this info will be of some help for you, Der

Thanks for that advice, Derek. I have a nasty feeling I lose them to slugs as soon as they emerge. If I buy a good big plant from the GC, it's ok for the first season. It gets a bit expensive doing that, though, and I try not to battle with the things that don't do well in my garden. The trick is finding out what thrives!