species
Digitalis purpurea
Foxglove
Scale drawing from this record, beside a 1.7 m figure.
Digitalis purpurea belongs to the family Plantaginaceae, also known as Foxglove, native to the UK. It reaches 1.5 m tall and 50 cm across in about 10 years. It grows in part shade or full sun, on loam, peat or sand soil, where the ground is acid or neutral and in moist or well drained conditions, and suits average positions. It flowers from June to July. Its RHS hardiness rating is H7 (very hardy): Below −20°C.
Assembled from the attributes recorded below.
What this plant needs
- Size at maturity
- 1.5 m tall × 50 cm across, after about 10 years
- Hardiness
- H7 (RHS)
- Aspect
- Part shade, Full sun
- Soil
- Loam, Peat, Sand
- Acidity
- Acid, Neutral
- Moisture
- Moist, Well drained
- Exposure
- Average
- In the UK
- Native
When it flowers
- Jan
- Feb
- Mar
- Apr
- May
- Jun
- Jul
- Aug
- Sep
- Oct
- Nov
- Dec
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