White Foxglove (Digitalis purpurea var. alba)

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Weezingreens Seward, AK(Zone 3b) Oct 28, 2003

Common name: White Foxglove
Family: Scrophulariaceae
Genus: Digitalis
Species purpurea var. alba

Plant Link: http://plantsdatabase.com/go/31544/

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roshana Jacksonville, IL(Zone 5a) Oct 30, 2003

Those are just beautiful!

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Weezingreens Seward, AK(Zone 3b) Oct 30, 2003

Thanks, Roshana. I have some seeds of these to trade. Check out my trade list.

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roshana Jacksonville, IL(Zone 5a) Oct 30, 2003

Weez...you have mail!

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golddog Western, PA(Zone 6a) Oct 30, 2003

Wonderful foxglove that should be kept away from other varieties so the seedlings can retain their pure color. I grow it out front, and the 'others' out back.

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Weezingreens Seward, AK(Zone 3b) Oct 31, 2003

Too true, Golddog. It seems reseeding foxglove always tend to revert back to pink, no matter what the original mix might have been.

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golddog Western, PA(Zone 6a) Oct 31, 2003

This photo will surely lead others to give 'Alba' a try!

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Weezingreens Seward, AK(Zone 3b) Oct 31, 2003

I've admired the pure white foxglove for a few seasons, but just couldn't bring myself to order the seed. I guess I thought I was losing some value when I lost the freckles! However, of late, I've come to appreciate the purity of white flowers and how that compliment the brighter blooms in the garden. Since the d. purpurea is a biennial, I'll have to plant them each year from seed, unless I can find a nice spot where they can re-seed, separate from the other foxglove.

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Baa Oct 31, 2003

The white form tends (bearing in mind your climate) to be a triennial. Once you've grown the true alba in the garden, they will appear sporadically within any D. purp stand.

Beautiful plant WZ

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Weezingreens Seward, AK(Zone 3b) Oct 31, 2003

Thanks, Baa... a triennial! I've yet to establish a place where my digitalis can just reseed themselves. I start them indoors each year, transplant to 3.5" pots, then plant them out in the fall to come up where I want them to bloom the next year.

Of course, some jump the gun and bloom the first, which really screws things up! I've got some heywoodii trying to make a stalk, and the weather is going to turn any time. I love the look of this variety, but haven't had much luck with them so far.

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Baa Nov 01, 2003

Heywoodii is notoriously a pain in the neck, nowhere near as hardy as they should be and prove to be fairly shy flowerers. I also love their flowers but I spend enough time tending to the other prima donna Digis!

I wish I could send you a couple of the Glory of Roundway (sterile hybrid), now they aren't the easiest or the biggest Digi but they are in a league of their own and a bit hardier than Heywoodii!

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Weezingreens Seward, AK(Zone 3b) Nov 02, 2003

Yes, would love to try your Glories. Can't you send them by email! LOL!

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