
Foxglove
- Botanical Name
- Digitalis purpurea
- Hardiness
- Zones 4 to 9
- Height
- 2 to 6 feet
- Width
- 1 to 2 feet
- Flowers
- Summer: purple, pink, white, salmon, yellow
- Light
- Partial shade
- Soil
- Moist, well-drained
- Planting & Care
- Digitalis purpurea is a biennial and will reseed itself, therefore remaining in the garden like Hollyhocks
- Problems
- Powdery mildew, leaf spot, root and stem rots, aphids, Japanese beetle, mealy bug
- Varieties
- Excelsior Hybrids - flowers are borne around the spike, rather than on one side, 3-5'
- Foxy - flowers the first summer, can be used as an annual, 30-40"
- Apricot - 4-5', pastel peach flowers with purple spotting
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