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Adding a bold, vertical dimension to perennial flower beds, shade gardens, and cottage gardens, Digitalis purpurea (Common Foxglove) is a stately biennial or short-lived perennial boasting tall, one-sided spires of pendant, tubular, bright rosy-purple flowers, 2-3 in. long (5-7 cm), with white speckled throats. Blooming from early to midsummer, they rise from a basal rosette of downy, oblong ...
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- Cultivation and History
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- How to Grow Foxglove Flowers
- Growing Tips
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- Managing Pests and Disease
- Best Uses For Common Foxglove
In 1755, English doctor William Withering used a folk remedy to treat a patient with a heart problem. As the story goes, he obtained the remedy it from an elderly herbalist, one of many who had been using a concoction containing D. purpureafor years to treat wounds and dropsy – the swelling of the hands and feet that we now know is characteristic o...
You may start from seed or purchase nursery plants. Seeds yield variable results, because seeds from hybrids do not replicate the traits of parent plants, and may even be sterile. Nursery plants provide more certainty as to what you are going to get, with knowable characteristics.
When you have either seeds or plants in hand, you’re ready to find them a home and get growing. Select a location that gets morning sun and afternoon shade, particularly if you’re in a region with hot summer afternoons. In cooler regions, you may be able to plant in full sun. The soil should be organically rich and well-draining. Mix in some sand o...
Provide slightly acidic soil that is organically rich and drains well.Do not cover the tiny seeds; they need light to germinate.Space plants 12 to 18 inches to maintain good airflow.There is a moderate amount of work to do to keep this plant in tip-top shape. With mature heights of 18 to 60 inches, the stalks are likely to need staking, especially during wind and rain events. If you don’t want your plants to self-sow, cut fresh stems to bring indoors or deadhead spent stemsthroughout the growing season. This is a plant that li...
For the best resistance to insects and infections, use quality purveyors for all your garden needs. Keep your equipment sanitized and your beds and borders tidy. Be sure the soil drains well to avoid damp conditions that encourage pests like slugs and snails, and soil-borne fungal conditions, such as crown rot. A preventative measure you can take a...
With its impressive heights and blossom-laden stalks, D. purpureamakes a bold architectural statement in the garden. Because the flowers open from the bottom up, it’s nice to have companion plants in the foreground to cover lower stems that have finished blooming. Use plants in rear-position foundation plantings, to draw the eye up nondescript wall...
- Cream, pink, purple, red, yellow, white/green
- Europe, Mediterranean, Canary Islands
- Moderate
- Herbaceous biennial
Digitalis purpurea is an herbaceous biennial or short-lived perennial plant. The leaves are spirally arranged, simple, 10–35 cm (3.9–13.8 in) long and 5–12 cm (2–5 in) broad, and are covered with gray-white pubescent and glandular hairs, imparting a woolly texture. The foliage forms a tight rosette at ground level in the first year.
Feb 22, 2023 · How and When to Plant Foxglove. Foxglove is easy to grow from seed sown in early summer. (If you harvest seed from an existing plant at the end of the growing season, sow it in autumn.) The seeds require light to germinate, so sow them in a prepared garden bed but don't cover them. Keep the soil moist.
- Lynn Mcalpine
- Digitalis
- Foxglove
- Part Sun, Sun
Digitalis purpurea. Common or purple foxglove is a European biennial plant which was the source of chemicals in the drug digitalis. Common foxglove, Digitalis purpurea, is a biennial or short-lived herbaceous perennial from western Europe in the plantain family (Plantaginaceae, which now contains the former figwort family, Scrophulariaceae ...
Award-winning Digitalis purpurea f. albiflora (White-Flowered Foxglove) is an elegant biennial or short-lived perennial boasting one-sided spikes of pendant, tubular, creamy-white flowers delicately speckled in the throat. Blooming profusely from early summer to midsummer, the luminous blossoms rise from a basal rosette of large, pointed-oval leaves. They are attractive to hummingbirds, which ...
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Annual Biennial. Digitalis. purpurea. This plant will provide nectar and pollen for bees and the many other types of pollinating insects. It is included in an evolving list of plants carefully researched and chosen by RHS experts. Divided into 3 groups these lists, linked below, are maintained by a team of RHS staff and are reviewed annually.
