• Common Name: Foxglove, Common Foxglove, Purple Foxglove
  • Botanical Name: Digitalis purpurea
  • Family Name: Plantain family
  • Type: Biennial
  • Zone Hardiness: 4–9
  • Height: 2–5ft
  • Width: 1.5–2ft
  • Blooms: Tubular, pendulous flowers in shades of purple, pink, white, or yellow, often with spotted throats
  • Bloom Time: May to July
  • Sun: partial shade
  • Leaves: First-year basal rosette of oblong to lance-shaped, hairy leaves; stem leaves are alternate and decrease in size up the stem
  • Maintenance: low for beginners; warning that any part of the plant is poisonous if ingested. Needs consistent watering
    Tolerates: Deer, rabbit; acidic soils
  • Attracts: Bees, hummingbirds, and other pollinators
  • Texas Superstar: No
  • Texas Native: No
  • Invasive: not invasive to Texas, but is invasive to parts of California.