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Hardiness: USDA Zone 3a: to -39.9 °C (-40 °F) USDA Zone 3b: to -37.2 °C (-35 °F) USDA Zone 4a: to -34.4 °C (-30 °F) USDA Zone 4b: to -31.6 °C (-25 °F) USDA Zone 5a: to -28.8 °C (-20 °F) USDA Zone 5b: to -26.1 °C (-15 °F) USDA Zone 6a: to -23.3 °C (-10 °F) USDA Zone 6b: to -20.5 °C (-5 °F) USDA Zone 7a: to -17.7 °C (0 °F) USDA Zone 7b: to -14.9 °C (5 °F) USDA Zone 8a: to -12.2 °C (10 °F) USDA Zone 8b: to -9.4 °C (15 °F) USDA Zone 9a: to -6.6 °C (20 °F) USDA Zone 9b: to -3.8 °C (25 °F)
Sun Exposure: Sun to Partial Shade
Danger: All parts of plant are poisonous if ingested
Bloom Color: Brown/Bronze Cream/Tan
Bloom Time: Mid Summer Late Summer/Early Fall
Foliage: Herbaceous
Other details: May be a noxious weed or invasive This plant is attractive to bees, butterflies and/or birds Average Water Needs; Water regularly; do not overwater Self-sows freely; deadhead if you do not want volunteer seedlings next season
Soil pH requirements: 6.1 to 6.5 (mildly acidic) 6.6 to 7.5 (neutral)
Patent Information: Non-patented
Propagation Methods: From seed; direct sow outdoors in fall From seed; winter sow in vented containers, coldframe or unheated greenhouse From seed; sow indoors before last frost
Seed Collecting: Allow pods to dry on plant; break open to collect seeds
On Jul 8, 2009, Joan from Belfield, ND (Zone 4a) wrote:Editor's Note
Some resources list the leaves, flowers and seeds of Digitalis species as poisonous if ingested, and indicate that they are highly toxic and may be fatal if eaten. Ingestion may cause nausea, vomiting, diarrhea, stomach pain, severe headache, irregular and slow pulse, tremors, unusual color visions, and convulsions.
The toxic principals are cardiac or steroid glycosides.
We tend to err on the side of caution in PlantFiles, and the poisonous details listed above are a precaution to gardeners, parents and pet owners.
On Aug 29, 2004, smiln32 from Oklahoma City, OK (Zone 7a) wrote:
Flower buds covered in fine silky hairs, open to white lipped reddish-brown tubular flowers, delicately veined and netted, tightly packed on many short stems. Origin: Mediterranean. Easy to grow.
I have not grown this plant. I am a natural resources manager in Minnesota who deals largely with non-native invasive species. Digitalis lanata (Grecian foxglove) has unfortunately naturalized in the eastern parts of the Minneapolis-St. Paul metro area, including along highway right-of-way. Management agencies are cooperatively working to eradicate the plant before it becomes even more of a problem. If you must grow this plant, do not let it go to seed and spread outside your garden. We have more than enough invasives out there already.
A short live perennial Foxglove from Italy to Turkey.
Has deep green, hairless or slightly hairy, lance shaped leaves borne in basal rosettes. Bears spikes of cream/yellow tubular flowers, heavily veined purple or brown with a large white lip. The flower spike has leafy bracts.
Flowers June - August
Loves a well drained soil in sun or light shade.
Very easy to grow and keep happy except where the soil lays too wet or too dry.
Regional...
This plant has been said to grow in the following regions:
Auburn, Alabama Seward, Alaska Sherwood, Oregon Kalama, Washington
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