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Digitalis thapsi |
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| Common name |
pink foxglove |
| Family |
scrophulariaceae |
| Life cycle |
perennial |
| Flowers |
pink |
| Size |
2 ft |
| Light |
part sun-shade |
| Cultural notes |
ordinary garden soil |
From seed  |
easy, germinates at room temperature. slow to grow in its first year, blooms second year.
detailed seed-starting info below
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| Seed ripens | extended period, starting early July |
Short-lived perennial - it survives three or four years in our garden. A lovely smaller foxglove with rose-pink flowers, the first one to bloom in our garden, in late May. Self-seeds modestly for us. Ours, grown from traded seed, feature mid-green, fairly broad leaves. When I spotted a plant with much narrower, strap-shaped leaves (labeled 'Spanish Peaks') at a local nursery, I couldn't resist trying it to see if it would perform differently. Hopefully, I'll have an update next spring.
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In our garden, this plant grows in the following areas: side garden, sale plot Seed for this plant is included on my seed trade list About my plant portraits
Visitors to this page have left the following comments| Carol Jacobson | Jun 28, 2005 | My first time on your garden site and I thank you for all the info, it was just what I was looking for. |
- Seed from trade. Sowed in outside pot on April 9, lots of seedlings by April 20. Seedlings were tiny, low survival rate after transplanting to garden
- Same seed as 2002. 90%G at 70F with light, starting 7d
- Seed from garden 2003. 90%G at 70F (no light), 4-8d
- Seed from '06 garden. Baggy 65F with light (75+%G, 5-8d)
Conclusion: easy, no light required. Stays small for a long time - start early to have decent-size plantlets by late spring.
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