Digitalis purpurea Excelsior Hybrids

This towering biennial comes in a range of harmonious shades of pink to lavender pink, light pink, and pure white. Individual flower spikes are fully surrounded by funnel-shaped blooms. Plants flower in June and July and readily reseed. Because we cannot guarantee the complete assortment of bloom colors in this seed mix, we offer the plants in multiples of 3 to provide a sampling of the full color range.

The genus Digitalis comes from southern Europe and has some 20 species, mostly perennials. They grow either in sun or partial shade, which makes them ideal plants for woodland gardens. Some are biennial, and even the perennial forms tend to be short-lived, but their extravagant flowering more than compensates for this, and many will reseed themselves. Foxgloves are of easy culture and make excellent cut flowers if picked when the blooms are half open. But their real strength is as dramatic and richly colored vertical accents, a look that is impossible to duplicate with another genus.

For information on the growing and care of Digitalis, click Growing Guide.