PlantsFlowers
Foxglove
Digitalis purpurea
Zone 6a garden plant. Hardy through a Chicago winter unless the note says to pot it.
Tall bells for part shade, usually a biennial
EasyFlowers
- Light
- Part shade–sun
- Moisture
- Medium
- Mature size
- 3–5 ft
- Spacing
- 15 in
- Bloom or harvest
- Flowers Jun the second year
- How it spreads
- Biennial
- What to buy
- Plants or seed. Let one stalk set seed.
- When to plant
- Set plants in May, or sow in summer for next year.
In the design
Year one is a leaf rosette. Year two is the tower. Then it dies, unless a seedling took its place.
Handle with care
The whole plant is poisonous. Do not eat any part, and don't plant it where toddlers graze.
