Botanical Name: Digitalis purpurea
Common Name: Foxglove (Excelsior Hybrids - best variety) Type of Plant: spring/summer Character biennial blooming bedding plant Habit of Growth: Overall Shape bold, erect plants growing from a rosette of coarse, wooly foliage Height 2' - 4' Spread to 1 1/2' Growth Rate moderate Environment: Exposure outdoors prefers part shade to deep shade - tolerates coastal sun Soil prefers rich, moist, well-drained soil; add organic mulch when planting Hardiness hardy Morphology: Leaves from basal rosette, lanceolate to ovate, long-petioled, to 12" long; rough textured; dark green above, pale beneath - both surfaces tomentose Flowers 2' long terminal racemes of tubular flowers (corolla to 3" long), purple, pink, violet, white, yellow spotted inside; May or June Fruit small capsule, inconspicuous Propagation: seed; self-sows occasionally Usage: used at the rear of a perennial border for flower color and striking vertical habit; good in natural informal Landscape Care: Watering likes regular watering Fertilizing balanced fertilizer in early spring Pruning remove flower spike before seed set; often flowers again Pests/Diseases snails and slugs, powdery mildew, aphids, mealybug Special Conditions/Other hummingbird attractor/leaves poisonous Origin: Western Mediterranean Family: Scrophulariaceae Notes: |
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