This friend of mine is giving me some Foxglove(Digitalis purpurea ) seeds for Valentine’s Day…She’s not quite sure how they’ll grow here in Alabama, though.
What kind of conditions does Foxglove need to grow best?
DeVena
February 12, 2004, 5:19pm
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From the Alabama Cooperative Extension Service:
Foxglove(Digitalis purpurea). Bloom time: spring. Foxglove, with its tall, flowering spikes and strong vertical lines, provides both emphasis and stateliness to perennial beds and borders. It will grow in some sun but performs best in light shade and consistent soil moisture. Some foxgloves flower the first year and are treated as annuals. D. purpurea is a self-seeding biennial that remains in the garden much like hollyhock. Foxglove is the source of the powerful drug digitalin, used to treat heart disease, therefore, no part of the plant should be eaten.