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DIGITALIS - FOXGLOVE
 
A long-blooming plant that's toxic if eaten so deer avoid it. A favorite for its height and long bloom time. Vigorous annual growth requires moist soil with some organic matter in it. (Biennials live only two years but usually reseed themselves.)
 
Digitalis ferruginea
4' tall
Zones 4-7
Full Sun/Partial Shade
Container Gardening: Large 5" pot
Racemes of golden brown flowers with red-brown veins inside rise in midsummer above rosettes of long, dark-green leaves. Robust biennial, sometimes perennial.
Digitalis ferruginea 'Yellow Herold'
55-60" tall
Zones 4-7
Full Sun/Partial Shade
Container Gardening: 3" pot
Pure yellow blooms of especially large flowers in midsummer rise above long, dark-green leaves. True perennial.
Digitalis grandiflora 'Carillon'
12-15" tall
Zones 4-8
Full Sun/Partial Shade
Container Gardening: 3" pot
Long-lived perennial with spires of creamy yellow flowers over long bloom period. Like D. grandiflora but shorter.
Digitalis grandiflora (syn. ambigua)
2-3' tall
Zones 3-8
Full Sun/Partial Shade/Shade
Container Gardening: 3" pot
Long-lived perennial with spires of creamy yellow flowers. (Keep moist if grown in full sun.)
Digitalis parviflora
18-24" tall, 12" wide
Zones 4-9
Full Sun/Partial Shade
Container Gardening: 3" pot
Stunning dark orange-brown flowers with purple-brown lip. A clump-forming perennial with long, dark-green leaves.
Digitalis purpurea 'Alba'
40" tall
Zones 4-8
Full Sun/Partial Shade
Container Gardening: 3" pot
White "gloves" in early summer. Biennial.
Digitalis purpurea 'Apricot'
2-3' tall
Zones 4-8
Full Sun/Partial Shade/Shade
Container Gardening: 3" pot
Pastel pink hoods are eye catching and reach to 40." Biennial.
Digitalis purpurea 'Excelsior'
3-4' tall
Zones 4-8
Full Sun/Partial Shade/Shade
Container Gardening: 3" pot
Large flowers in cream, white, purple and pink in summer. Biennial.
Digitalis purpurea 'Pam's Choice'
3-4' tall
Zones 4-8
Full Sun/Partial Shade
Container Gardening: 3" pot
Dazzling white bells with dark plum throats. Biennial.
Digitalis purpurea 'Primrose Carousel'
30" tall
Zones 4-8
Full Sun/Partial Shade
Container Gardening: 3" pot
Red-speckled yellow flowers on multiple-stemmed plant. Biennial.
Digitalis thapsi
18-20" tall
Zones 4-8
Full Sun/Partial Shade
Container Gardening: 3" pot
Purple-rose flowers with a spotted throat on branched flower stalks. Short-loved perennial.
Digitalis thapsi 'Spanish Peaks'
24-30" tall
Zones 4-8
Full Sun/Partial Shade
Container Gardening: 3" pot
Spikes of pink bells above fuzzy leaves. Perennial.
Digitalis x mertonensis
3' tall
Zones 4-8
Full Sun/Partial Shade
Container Gardening: 3" pot
Spikes of bloom in a fantastic crushed-strawberry
 

 


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