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Botanical Name: Digitalis
Common Name: Foxglove
Hardiness: Zone 4 - 8
Exposure: Full Sun/Partial Shade
Bloom Time: Early Summer
Flower Colours: Yellow; Pink; Rose
Foliage:
Height: 24 - 36 inches
Spread: 12 inches
Soil Type: Rich
Moisture: Moist, well drained
Care Level: Easy
Digitalis mertonensis

General Description:
Tall spikes of tubular flowers with speckled throats. Will rebloom if deadheaded. A premier specimen perennial.
-grandiflora: Pale yellow flowers from early to mid summer. 2-3 feet tall. Will tolerate dry shade.
-mertonensis: Frost hardy perennial growing to 3 feet tall and 12 inches wide. Bright coppery pink blooms late spring to early summer. Excellent cut fower. Very showy. Tolerates light shade.
-purpurea Foxy -28-30" mixture of bright colors. Compact growth habit.

Care and Maintenance:
Does not require dividing. Low maintenance plant. Marginally to fully frost hardy. Prefers part shade and humus rich, well drained soil, but is somewhat adaptable.

Uses & Features:
Mid/Back Border
Specimen accents
Cut flowers
Woodland edgers
Varieties Available:
grandiflora (yellow)
mertonensis (pink)
purpurea Foxy (mixture of bright pink colors)
Camelot Rose