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Digitalis grandiflora |
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| Synonym(s) |
Digitalis ambigua |
| Common name |
yellow foxglove |
| Family |
scrophulariaceae |
| Life cycle |
perennial |
| Flowers |
yellow (late spring) |
| Size |
2-3' |
| Light |
sun-part shade |
| Cultural notes |
ordinary garden soil |
From seed  |
germinate at room temperature
detailed seed-starting info below
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| Seed ripens | late August |
Larger yellow flowers than its cousin, Digitalis lutea, with softer, lusher foliage. It took a few years to get happy and established in our garden, but by now it's a stunner in late spring.
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We left this plant behind in our Pennsylvania garden (and wish it well); we don't grow it in Houston. Follow along as I stroll past all the Digitalis species that have called our garden home Seed for this plant is included on my seed trade list One or more images of this plant are included in my stock photo catalog About my plant portraits
PlantLinks to other web pages about Digitalis grandiflora
Visitors to this page have left the following comments| Elberta | Sep 28, 2010 | Foxglove is very beautiful, but very poisionses. Even if the seeds are breathed in they can kill you. |
- Seed from '02 trade. Pot outside 15 Jan. A few seedlings by mid-spring.
- Seed from '04 garden. Baggy 70F (100%G, 4-11d)
- Seed from '08 garden. Baggy 70F (91%G, 4-8d)
- Same seed as above. Baggy 70F (67%G, 4-10d)
- Same seed as above. Baggy 70F (63%G, 7-10d)
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