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Foxy Hybrids Foxglove Mix

Digitalis purpurea

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The Foxy Hybrids Foxglove Mix blooms in soothing pastel shades of pink, purple yellow, cream and white all with burgundy, spotted throats. This foxglove blooms the first season so plants are shorter and sturdier. Deer resistant and able to handle part-shade, foxglove make great edging plants along woodland areas where they may naturalize. Best known as a popular bouquet flower and for its ability to attract hummingbirds. (Digitalis purpurea)

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These new Foxy Hybrids have been a sensation, since they solve the big problem about foxgloves--they're biennials, which mean they don't bloom until their second season. The Foxys bloom the first year, and have extra-bright bi-colored blooms. As with all the others, these are great for shaded areas, especially good at a woodline, or under overhanging branches. We encourage deadheading the first-year flowers by removing the flower stem to the base of the plant. This will help promote overwintering and a second year of flowers. By letting seeds form, new foxgloves will self-sow and produce future generations. These new plants can be moved in their first year when they are still small.

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Planting & Care

The Foxglove Story The very important Wild Foxglove, Digitalis purpurea is a native of the UK, naturalized in the US, and famous for being used for Digitalis, the life-saving heart medicine. However, Wild Foxglove is a biennial which often makes it undependable in perennial plantings. But since the twenties, there have been beautiful perennial foxgloves too, a little shorter, but just as beautiful as the towering purpureas.

The great breakthrough came when a cross was accomplished in Merton, England in 1928 between the famous biennial wildflower and the perennial species, Digitalis grandiflora. The perennial foxglove has ever since been called Digitalis mertonensis, named after the town. However, Mertonensis gives us only one color.

Now, the Foxy Hybrids take their places in the foxglove line-up, bringing all the colors back with the biennial issue solved.

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Key Features

Light Requirements

  • Full Sun
  • Half Sun / Half Shade

Bloom Time

Early to mid summer

Advantages

  • Bee Friendly
  • Attracts Hummingbirds
  • Attracts Birds
  • Cut Flowers
  • Deer Resistant
  • Rabbit Resistant

Awards

All-America Selections Winner

Additional information

Mature Height

24-36" tall

Mature Spread

12-18" wide

Soil Type

  • Loamy Soil
  • Acidic Soil

Soil Moisture

  • Average
  • Moist / Wet

Planting Depth

The base of the stem(s) should be just at the soil surface after watering in

Planting Time

  • Fall

Flower Size

6-12" flower plumes

Plant Classification

Blend of Introduced Species & Cultivars

Growing Zones

  • Zone 3
  • Zone 4
  • Zone 5
  • Zone 6
  • Zone 7
  • Zone 8

Additional Information

Biennial. Blooms first year.
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Overall rating: 4.352941 / 5 from 17 reviews.

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Hardy in sunny settng

"These plants arrived in good condition. I planted them in what I would describe as full sun. Some of them bloomed this summer although the plants looked rather small for most of the summer compared to some foxgloves I had purchased at local garden centers which were much larger diameter pots and much more expensive. However, by late summer and early fall the plants had filled out and now it is almost December and they are still green, lush and full of life. I expect a real show next summer. I am ordering more and will try some of them in partial shade. Next year I will post some photos if they mature as well as I anticipate."

— Robert H. (5/5)

Great packing and healthy plants

"These plants arrived in perfect condition and they were packed in a very creative way. I was very impressed"

— Nikesyrena (5/5)

Not growing flower stalks

"I planted these with some other floxgloves. They seem healthy and are growing more leaves, but no sign of blooming this year (as stated in the product description). The other floxgloves are in full flower, so it will be interesting to see if these bloom later or next year."

— Annie (3/5)

Go buy them!

"Beautiful!!! They gave the best blooms last year and they are getting ready for this year. They are hardy and establish quick. Deer resistant too!"

— GH (5/5)

Too early to tell

"The plants have been in the ground 3 weeks and no significant growth as of yet. sweepstakes"

— Arthur (3/5)

Hopeful for Foxglove

"I'm hopeful these foxglove plants will give me many seasons of beauty."

— Mary M. (5/5)

Happy plants

"Healthy beautiful little plants. They are adding nicely to my perennial landscape. Thank you"

— Jes (5/5)

I am ordering a 2nd time. gorgeous this yr 3 ft tall!!!

"tall & beautiful this yr by the front walkway near step to porch will order again"

— Luella (5/5)

It bloomed as stated

"The foxgloves I bought locally grew better."

— None (4/5)

My favorite thing in the garden

"I absolutely love my foxglove from AM. I suspect that perhaps the reason some reviewers have been disappointed with their foxglove is because they are not familiar with its lifecycle. The first year, it establishes green leaves with no bloom. It overwinters, and in frost climates will need a major clean-up of tattered and unslightly leaves after winter. After this 'pruning' it will take off like a rocket; growing tons of healthy new leaves and a beautiful central flower spike. Mine has 3 additional spikes, as well. Then, after flowering in this second year, it will die in the fall. The foxglove I bought from American Meadows was literally the first thing I ever planted. I had no idea what I was doing and just stuck it in the ground; no potting soil, no fertilizer, nothing. It did wilt a bit during the humid first summer and needed heavy watering, and I did have a few problems with whiteflies in the second year (neem oil and diatomaceous earth kept the flies under control), but other than that it has been easy to take care of. This is a 'mid-size' foxglove. True wild foxglove can get up to 6' feet high. The most common American hybrids are dwarf foxgloves like Dalmation that are only 2' high. These are 3-4' high - 'just right' if you ask me. Embrace the unique, short life cycle of these plants. Plant a small one ever year, let it establish leaves, and then enjoy the show the following spring. If you're lucky, they will reseed themselves as well."

— Beware D. (5/5)

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