Foxglove - Digitalis

Those suffering from heart maladies may be familiar with the name Digitalis  because, although the leaves are poisonous, they are use as a heart stimulant in small amounts.  Gardeners plant them for their tall showy clumps of bell-like flowers.  Although very beautiful, we recommend picking the flowers before they go to seed as you can easily have a sea of Foxgloves in a few years that will over-run your gardens.  They grow in ordinary soil that is not wet over winter and will respond better with a little extra fertilizer.  They thrive in sun or light shade, and benefit from winter mulch when no snow cover is present.
CAUTION: All foxgloves are poisonous

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Common Name:  'Foxglove'
Botanical Name : Digitalis grandiflora  'Ambigua'

A favorite Foxglove. It is a true perennial, long-lived, easy to grow and dependable. A quietly elegant plant with soft buttery-yellow tubular blooms with freckled throats. This bushy, 3' perennial blooms over a very long period beginning in mid-summer. Will readily self-seed if allowed.

Matures 2-3' tall x 18-24" wide.           Hardy to Zone 3    

Common Name:  'Foxglove'
Botanical Name : Digitalis purpurea  'Excelsior'

This is the most well-known variety. 3-5' tall with large, very impressive tubular bell-flowers with wonderfully large freckles and splotches in the throat. Gorgeous range of colors -- pink, lavender, apricot, white and rose. This lovely biennial blooms over a long period beginning in early summer. Will self-seed if allowed.

Matures 3-5' tall x 18-24" wide.          Hardy to Zone 4.    

Common Name:  'Foxglove'
Botanical Name : Digitalis mertonensis  'Strawberry'

An elegant, tall strawberry pink perennial. Produces a dense clump of large velvety green lance-shaped leaves. Blooms from spring to late summer with tall spires of drooping tubular flowers. Color is a unique coppery rose that attracts hummingbirds. Quick to re-bloom if spires are cut promptly after withering. An essential plant for the lightly shaded border, or on the sun-spotted floor of woodlands or under shade trees. Excellent cut flower. Hardy perennial. Part sun or light shade.

Matures 3-4' tall x 18-24" wide.        Hardy to Zone 3.    

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