Digitalis Species, Big-Flowered Foxglove, Large Yellow Foxglove

Although this foxglove isn't as showy as Digitalis purpurea, the soft yellow flowers with their brown netting are nice when you want some...Read Morething smaller and low-key. It performs surprisingly well for me in a semi-shaded spot, even though I have sandy soil that dries out quickly in the summer.

My Grandsiflora took well to my clay-like soil in the garden. The blooms only lasted a few weeks though, i still have a few left. The foi...Read Morelage is still very green and growing well.Long live Digitalis!!

A short lived perennial Foxglove from Europe to Siberia.

Has lance - oblong, toothed, veined, mid-deep green, often hairle...Read Moress leaves. Bears pale yellow with spotted/veined brown inside, tubular flowers 1-2 inches long.

Flowers June-August

Loves a moist but well-drained, fertile soil in partial shade but will stand full sun where the soil is constantly moist. Excellent light woodland plant. Dislikes too much winter wet or over dry soil in summer.

It's very easy to grow from seed. They generally don't live much longer than 4-5 years at the most in my experience but they will produce quite a bit of seed after one flowering so you need not be without it.

By the way, this IS a highly toxic plant for those that might be tempted to eat your garden plants. Foxglove contains a cardiotoxin (dig...Read Moreitalis), which in just the right amounts, has been used for centuries to help treat chronic heart failure (slows the rate of the heart beat, and increases the heart's strength)... but too much is a potent poison. Anyone out there with a heart condition taking Digoxin, or Lanoxin, that medication is from this plant.