 | Foxglove Seeds ( Digitalis purpurea ). Foxglove was grown by John Custis of Williamsburg in the 1740s, and the plant seems to have been well established in American gardens by 1800. Bernard McMahon listed both the pink and white forms in his 1804 broadsheet. This showy biennial should be sown in summer (barely covering) to produce large rosettes of leaves before frost. From these will grow stalks up to six feet high, with deep pink tubular flowers in late spring and early summer. Part shade is recommended. Caution: Foxglove is poisonous... - Foxglove Seeds ( Digitalis purpurea ). |
