Digitalis grandiflora

Foxgloves are the quintessential English cottage garden plant. Most are biennials or short-lived perennials that self-sow like crazy and grow happily in any reasonably fertile soil in sun or shade. Deer and rabbit resistant.

Yellow foxglove is a true perennial and a joy to have in the garden. It is tougher than any of its relatives and even easier to grow, if that's possible. Looks quite like the other foxgloves, but the creamy yellow flowers are borne on shorter stems and the evergreen foliage is less hairy.

Easy to grow in full sun or part shade in average soil.

Distinctions: Winner of an Award of Garden Merit from the Royal Horticulture Society.

WARNING: all plants of this plant are highly toxic

Zones: 3 to 8

Family: Scrophulariaceae

Type: Perennial

Height: 24 to 36 in.

Spread: 12 to 18 in.

Exposure: Full sun, light shade

Soil Conditions: dry, well-drained, average

Bloom Time: June to July

Bloom Color: yellow

Native Range: central Europe to Turkey and Siberia

Image Credits:

• Image 1 (blooms) Meneerke bloem, CC BY-SA 3.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0>, via Wikimedia Commons
• Image 2 (form) Xulescu g, CC BY-SA 4.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0>, via Wikimedia Commons