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Digitalis ambigua, Digitalis grandiflora
YELLOW FOXGLOVE
SKU: 2297-020
Digitalis grandiflora, the yellow foxglove, big-flowered foxglove, or large yellow foxglove, is a species of flowering native to southern Europe and Asia. In mountains it grows on warm, bushy slopes or areas left after logging. The Latin specific epithet grandiflora means -large flowered.
The Yellow Foxglove has glossy green, veined leaves, whose flowering stem can reach a height of 70-120 cm (28-47 in). The pale yellow bell-shaped flowers are spaced out on the stem, 3-4 cm (1-2 in) long and show a netted brown marking in their interior.
Digitalis grandiflora is long lived perennial, it has gained the Royal Horticultural Society's Award of Garden Merit. It is winter hardy is USDA zones 3 to 8 and grows best in moisture retentive, but well drained, organic soils in part shade. Cultivated plants in Germany bloom from June to August, in North America, flowering occurs from May to June in Missouri and from June to July in Ohio; with the typical bloom period lasting eight weeks.
Type: Hardy perennial
Hardiness zones: 3-8
Height: 70-120 cm, 28-47"
Location: Sun or part shade
Seeds per packet: 20
Note: Ornamental use only. This plant and/or seeds are poisonous.
Digitalis grandiflora, the yellow foxglove, big-flowered foxglove, or large yellow foxglove, is a species of flowering native to southern Europe and Asia. In mountains it grows on warm, bushy slopes or areas left after logging. The Latin specific epithet grandiflora means -large flowered.
The Yellow Foxglove has glossy green, veined leaves, whose flowering stem can reach a height of 70-120 cm (28-47 in). The pale yellow bell-shaped flowers are spaced out on the stem, 3-4 cm (1-2 in) long and show a netted brown marking in their interior.
Digitalis grandiflora is long lived perennial, it has gained the Royal Horticultural Society's Award of Garden Merit. It is winter hardy is USDA zones 3 to 8 and grows best in moisture retentive, but well drained, organic soils in part shade. Cultivated plants in Germany bloom from June to August, in North America, flowering occurs from May to June in Missouri and from June to July in Ohio; with the typical bloom period lasting eight weeks.
Type: Hardy perennial
Hardiness zones: 3-8
Height: 70-120 cm, 28-47"
Location: Sun or part shade
Seeds per packet: 20
Note: Ornamental use only. This plant and/or seeds are poisonous.
