General Plant Information (Edit)
Plant Habit: Herb/Forb
Life cycle: Perennial
Sun Requirements: Full Sun to Partial Shade
Partial Shade to Full Shade
Water Preferences: Mesic
Dry Mesic
Dry
Minimum cold hardiness: Zone 3 -40 °C (-40 °F) to -37.2 °C (-35)
Maximum recommended zone: Zone 9b
Plant Height: 24-36 inches
Plant Spread: 18-24 inches
Leaves: Evergreen
Flowers: Showy
Flower Color: Yellow
Flower Time: Late spring or early summer
Summer
Uses: Medicinal Herb
Suitable as Annual
Wildlife Attractant: Bees
Birds
Butterflies
Hummingbirds
Resistances: Deer Resistant
Drought tolerant
Toxicity: Other: All parts of plant are poisonous
Propagation: Seeds: Sow in situ
Propagation: Other methods: Division
Other: Divide in early spring or fall
Pollinators: Bees
Containers: Suitable in 3 gallon or larger

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Common names
  • Small Foxglove
  • Straw Foxglove
  • Yellow Foxglove
  • Fairys fingers
  • Foxglove

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Location: Wynyard Hall garden, UK
Date: 2023-06-21
Location: Helmsley Walled Garden, Yorkshire UK
Date: 2022-06-24
Location: Utrecht Botanical Garden
Date: 2022-10-09
Location: Wynyard Hall garden, UK
Date: 2023-06-21
Location: Helmsley Walled Garden, Yorkshire UK
Date: 2022-06-24
Location: Tennessee
photo courtesy of Sunlight Gardens, www.sunlightgardens.com
Location: Helmsley Walled Garden, Yorkshire UK
Date: 2022-06-24
Location: My garden in Kalama, Wa. Zone 8
Date: 2012-06-22
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Location: my brothers garden, Vichte, Belgium
Date: Jun 10, 2007 1:13 PM
Location: my inside garden
Date: 2020-04-27
Location: Allentown, Pennsylvania
Date: 2015-06-13
Location: Mason, New Hampshire (zone 5b)
Location: IL
Date: 2014-06-18
Location: West shade garden
Date: June

Courtesy Gardens in the Wood of Grassy Creek
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Location: Lucketts, Loudoun County, Virginia
Date: 2015-05-30
Location: Lucketts, Loudoun County, Virginia
Date: 2012-05-16
Location: My garden in Kalama, Wa. Zone 8
Date: 2014-05-28
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Location: western Oregon
Date: 2016-02-21
Location: Kalama, Wa
Date: 2009-08-17
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Location: my brothers garden, Vichte, Belgium
Date: Jun 10, 2007 12:57 PM
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Uploaded by longk
Location: Cheyenne, Wyoming
Date: 2014-08-10

Credit florum
Location: Burton Agnes Hall garden, Yorkshire, UK
Date: 2014-07-07

Courtesy of Diane's Flower Seeds
Location: In my garden in Kalama, Wa.
Date: late spring
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Location: In my garden in Kalama, Wa.
Date: 2008-06-28
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Location: western Oregon
Date: spring 2014
Location: My garden in Gent, Belgium
Date: 2007-06-01
Location: KALAMA WA
Date: 2016-06-11
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Plant Events from our members
chelle From January 31, 2015 to April 11, 2015 Seeds germinated
chelle On January 30, 2015 Seeds sown
W/S
MrsBinWY On January 6, 2019 Seeds sown
WS eight (8x5) 2.25" pots, seeds from 2018G
MrsBinWY On November 26, 2017 Seeds sown
Experiment: Eight (8) 2.25" pots in garden hoop, seeds from 2017G
aspenhill On May 31, 2017 Obtained plant
NGA David and Pat (greenthumb99 and ecnalg) - qty lot
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