Digitalis

It makes a poultice for puttin' on bug bites an' stings. Very few of the other early medicinal plants have survived the tests of time or science. How did they know that, those ancestors of ours?

I was working out in the midst of the foxglove one day in an excessive year, trying to pull some particularly nasty grass and had my head down between two huge flower stalks when one tipsy bee bumbled out of the nearest blossom and into my ear.

This Fleuroselect Gold Medal winner produces large spikes of outward facing, lilac purple flowers with maroon spotted throats on sturdy, upright stems in early summer. Digitalis forms large rosettes of downy, green, oblong leaves from which numerous flower...

This fast growing, first year flowering perennial foxglove received high scores in German trials. It ranked high due to its strong growth habit, floridity, and pure colored flowers.

Foxglove is a classic and popular cottage garden perennial, but if it has one fault it's that it typically only blooms once in early summer. Members of this collection of perennial foxgloves all have sterile flowers, so they have an incredibly long bloom...

This selection is described as a “bright pink version of ‘Pam's Choice'”. Tall spires of pink flowers with heavily speckled, dark purple throats are produced in early summer.

Deer resistant and easy to naturalize. Growing to be about 36” tall, this taller variety is great for the border of a garden, meadow or to naturalize an area. A true pollinator magnet, the tube-like blooms attract a variety of long-tongued bees as well...

What You'll Grow Plant: Clumping evergreen rosettes of green, lance-to-ovate shaped leaves, with the largest leaves at the bottom, decreasing in size moving up the flower stalks. Thin about 1-2 weeks after germination.

Seeds: These plants are sterile and therefore do not produce viable seed. Avoid powdery mildew and leaf spot with proper spacing in a location that has good air circulation. Placement & Cultivation Foxglove performs nicely as an addition to any cottage...

* The leaves are cardiac, stimulant and tonic. They are often used in the treatment of certain heart complaints. * Yellowish flowers marked with rusty red, particularly on the inside; in spikes; biennial or short-lived perennial; full or part sun, dry,...

* The leaves are cardiac, stimulant and tonic. They are often used in the treatment of certain heart complaints. * Yellowish flowers marked with rusty red, particularly on the inside; in spikes; biennial or short-lived perennial; full or part sun, dry,...

Seeds: This hybrid is sterile and therefore does not produce seed--it puts most of its energy into flower production. Avoid powdery mildew and leaf spot with proper spacing in a location that has good air circulation.

Seeds: This hybrid is sterile and therefore does not produce seed--it puts most of its energy into flower production. Avoid powdery mildew and leaf spot with proper spacing in a location that has good air circulation.

Remove any winter-damaged leaves in spring. Will bloom the following year. Space about 2' apart.Divide in early spring every 2-3 years. When to Cut: When about half of the florets have opened Fun Fact The genus name Digitalis comes from the Latin digitus,...

What You'll Grow Plant: Clumping evergreen rosettes of green, lance-to-ovate shaped leaves, with the largest leaves at the bottom, decreasing in size moving up the flower stalks. Keep at 60-65°F by placing in a warm, sunny location or under grow lights,...

Combine with Bellflowers to create a classic cottage garden.Sowing Directions: Depth: Surface Flat temp: 60-65F Sprout time: 7-21 days Tip: Sow indoors 8-10 wks before planting out in spring, or sow outdoors after frost until early summer.

Late spring bloom. Self sows.Coming Soon I offer the original strain of this deliciously colored foxglove introduced soon after 1900. It is especially good in combination with buff colored roses and sweet rocket.

Grieve in the Modern Herbal (1931) recounts the folklore of the foxglove, "The Foxglove derives its common name from the shape of the flowers resembling the finger of a glove. Poisonous.Coming Soon

May not come true to type. What You'll Grow Plant: Clumping rosettes of green, lance-to-ovate shaped leaves, with the largest leaves at the bottom, decreasing in size moving up the flower stalks.

* Great care should be exercised in the use of this plant, the therapeutic dose is very close to the lethal dose. Purpurea is easily grown from seed or purchased as potted plants in the spring.

Flowering: Spires of pendulous rosy-colored flowers 2-3” long, arising from the vegetative clumps; somewhat bell-to-funnel-shaped. Space approximately 18-24” apart. Keep moist, but do not allow soil to be saturated, as this can cause fungal problems...

Late spring to summer bloom. Poisonous.Coming Soon A refined beauty of the border, 'Silver Fox' has soft, touchable leaves and spires of clustered thimble-shaped flowers of a dewy pink and cream, with "beauty spots" scattered within.

* Great care should be exercised in the use of this plant, the therapeutic dose is very close to the lethal dose. Purpurea is easily grown from seed or purchased as potted plants in the spring.

Formerly used as a cardiac stimulant like digitalis but is much stronger. Brilliant crimson and black flowers in June-July. According to Greek legends, this flower sprang from the blood of Adonis.

Also improves heart problems caused by hepatitis and other liver disease. Combined with Ginko, can also be used to enhance poor memory by improving the circulation of blood, which increases amount of oxygen for the brain.