Description
Fill your garden bed with the colorful foxglove flowers by growing them by these best quality seeds.
Foxglove is a biennial plant with soft, hairy, toothed, ovate and lance-shaped leaves in a basal rosette. The life span of the plant is 2 seasons. The first year growth remains in a basal rosette of leaves. Second-year growth produces flowering stems, 3 -6 feet in height.
Flower spikes have purple to white spotted thimble-like flowers which hang down and last about six days.Seeds Specifications
| Seeds per Packet | 40 |
| Common Name | Foxglove |
| Height | 60-72 inches |
| Flower Colour | Pink, lavender, apricot, and white. |
| Bloom Time | Summer |
| Difficulty Level | Easy to grow. |
Planting and care
- Water the foxglove plants regularly until they are fully established
- Feed every spring with any organic fertilizer
- Mulch around plants in spring with a 5-7
- 5cm thick layer of organic matter, such as compost, composted bark or well-rotted manure
- After the first flowers have finished cut back the faded flower stems to ground level and give them a good feed with a liquid plant food this may encourage a second flush of flowers
- After flowering, cut back the faded flower stems to ground level, unless you want to collect seed for future sowing or want the plants to self-seed
- In which case, cut down the stems after the seed has been collected
Digitalis purpurea care
- It can be grown from direct seeding or by raising in a nursery in February and then transplanting them to the main field
- The land should be thoroughly ploughed, leveled and weeded for direct seeding
- The seeds may be broadcast or sown in lines
- Do not sow seeds very deep in the soil
- Water the plant regularly until they fully establish
| Sunlight | Full sun to partial shade. |
| Watering | Moderately |
| Soil | Well-drained soil. |
| Temperature | 20-30 degree C |
| Fertilizer | Apply any organic fertilizer during spring and summer. |
| Harvest Season | July-August(leaves) |
Digitalis purpurea uses
Ornamental Use:
- Foxglove is the perfect choice for beds and borders
Medicinal Use:
- Foxglove contains chemicals from which the prescription medication digoxin (Lanoxin) is made
- These chemicals can increase the strength of heart muscle contractions, change heart rate, and increase heart blood output