How to Grow Foxglove (Digitalis)

Foxgloves have tall, single stems (4 to 5 feet high) and flower in late spring and summer. Floxglove blossoms cover the top of the stalk. Its flowers look like narrow bells and come in shades of white, purple and pink.

Difficulty:

Easy

Instructions

Things You'll Need

• Bypass Pruners
• Compost Makers
• Fertilizers
• Garden Trowels
• Mulch
• Plants
• Seeds

Planting Foxgloves

1. Choose a site with full sun or partial shade in well-drained soil.

2. Add a light application of organic fertilizer to the planting hole.

3. Place foxglove plants 1 foot apart in holes that place them no deeper than they were in their containers.

4. Water well until the soil in completely moist.

5. 

   Plant foxglove seeds by sprinkling them on the soil in early summer and water well. Flowers should appear the following year.

Caring for Foxgloves

1. Remove the center flowering stalk with bypass pruners when it's finished blooming. Cut just above the spot where you see new growth; this will encourage side stalks to grow and bloom.

2. Let some plants go to seed. Collect the seeds or let them drop in place.

3. Replace plants every two years.

Choosing a Foxglove

1. Buy either foxglove plants in 1-gallon containers or foxglove seeds.

2. Look for the plants in nurseries in spring.

3. Look for foxglove seed packets year-round in nurseries and seed catalogs.