Scientific Name Digitalis purpurea Common Name Foxglove

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Characteristics Season late spring Height 24-60 inches Hardiness USDA Hardiness Zone 4-9 Flower Color purple, white Soil moist, well drained soil Exposure partial shade Propagation seed sown late summer North Carolina Regions Mountains, Piedmont, Coastal Plain Comments Foxglove is a biennial which will self seed in the summer, and thus functions like a perennial. All parts of Foxglove are poisonous, containing a heart stimulant, Digitalis, extracted commercially to use in medicines. Origin Europe

Prepared by: orginally by Alice B. Russell, retired Extension Specialist, NC State University
                     maintained and expanded by Erv Evans, Consumer Horticulturist, NC State University

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