Genus: Digitalis

There are about 22 different species of foxglove (or fairy fingers!) and they come in all sorts of colours from pastel shades of pink and yellow to dark purple and carmine red.

Digitalis purpurea or common foxgloves come from woody areas of Europe and are now at home in any garden in sun or dappled shade.

This highly toxic plant represents "insincerity" in the language of flowers.

Members growing plants in this genus

  • The_Norfolk_Shed

    The_norfolk..

    joined 7 May, 2007

    4 plants

  • RobertR

    Robertr

    joined 9 May, 2007

    9 plants

  • Tussiemussie

    Tussiemussie

    joined 17 Jun, 2007

    45 plants

  • holly

    Holly

    joined 10 May, 2007

    45 plants

  • maxgarden

    Maxgarden

    joined 4 Dec, 2007

    68 plants

  • NancyM

    Nancym

    joined 23 Dec, 2007

    62 plants

  • GardenerGraham

    Gardenergra..

    joined 5 Feb, 2008

    1 plant

  • Janette

    Janette

    joined 7 Feb, 2008

    64 plants

  • treesandthings

    Treesandthi..

    joined 16 Feb, 2008

    154 plants

  • Grenville

    Grenville

    joined 7 Aug, 2007

    123 plants

  • Buzzbee

    Buzzbee

    joined 23 Dec, 2007

    161 plants

  • Lori

    Lori

    joined 26 Feb, 2008

    101 plants

  • Chrispook

    Chrispook

    joined 18 May, 2007

    234 plants

  • joclark

    Joclark

    joined 12 Apr, 2008

    74 plants

Digitalis photos

  • foxglove (Digitalis purpurea (Common foxglove))
    By NancyM
  • foxgloves (Digitalis purpurea (Common foxglove))
    By NancyM
  • Foxgloves (Digitalis purpurea (Common foxglove))
    By mcmneil
  • Digitalis (Digitalis purpurea (Common foxglove))
    By Grenville
  • Digitalis in the Exotic garden (Digitalis purpurea (Common foxglove))
    By Grenville
  • Foxgloves. (Digitalis purpurea (Common foxglove))
    By Grenville
  • Amazing digitalis still flowering in Winter (Digitalis purpurea - Cream coloured Hybrid)
    By Grenville
  • Digitalis ferruginea (Digitalis ferruginea (Rusty foxglove))
    By Gardener..
  • foxglove (Digitalis purpurea (Common foxglove))
    By NancyM
  • White Foxglove close-up (Digitalis)
    By RobertR
  • White Foxglove - June 2007 (Digitalis)
    By RobertR
  • Fox glove (Digitalis purpurea)
    By Stacey
  • Foxglove (Digitalis purpurea)
    By holly
  • Foxglove (Digitalis purpurea)
    By Hamish
  • Foxglove beneath the apple tree (Digitalis purpurea)
    By RobertR
  • Foxglove beneath the apple tree (Digitalis purpurea)
    By RobertR
  • Foxglove close-up (Digitalis purpurea)
    By RobertR

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Comments:

Sachi

Sachi

25 Apr, 2008

 

wow =)

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Sachi

Sachi

25 Apr, 2008

 

nice

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jacque

Jacque

22 Apr, 2008

 

Cant wait 2 see what colour my Foxgloves are as i brought them late last year in a Sale :D

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Gillian

Gillian

22 Apr, 2008

 

Beautiful! I love foxgloves.

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Chrispook

Chrispook

19 Apr, 2008

 

Great foxgloves. I'm trying to grow some. Not sure whether they will like the climate in Hungary.

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sofiajapani

Sofiajapani

3 Apr, 2008

 

I love foxgloves but I can't cultivate them here in Greece! :(
P.S. The garden is gorgeous!

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Buzzbee

Buzzbee

2 Apr, 2008

 

Hi Holly - do you know what variety this is?

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Grenville

Grenville

22 Mar, 2008

 

Thanks for your kind comment. We think they are superb plants as well, and its marvellous watching the bees feeding from the nectar inside the flowers.We are hoping to show a chocolate coloured Digitalis this year.

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Buzzbee

Buzzbee

22 Mar, 2008

 

How great that you have this in the exotic garden. It might be called the "common foxglove" but it has to be one of the world's most magical plants - so having it in an exotic garden seems absolutely right.

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Lori

Lori

8 Mar, 2008

 

beautiful.

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Grenville

Grenville

10 Feb, 2008

 

Hi Jacque,
Thanks for your kind comment. The foxgloves should look fantastic as well as doing a good job of attracting bees and insects.They should self seed as well and really thrive in a shaded area.
Good luck with the project and happy gardening,
Grenville.

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jacque

Jacque

10 Feb, 2008

 

Wow what a lovely pic! Im now thinkn of planting my Fox Gloves into the new Dug over half shaded patch in my Natural Garden i started in Sepr07!

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Tussiemussie

Tussiemussie

25 Jun, 2007

 

Lovely photo, tiny but still perfect, compared to those growing in my garden, which reach about 5ft tall, sadly they have dropped most bells now, so will wait till next year to take photo's.

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