Foxglove Flower Plant. Digitalis purpurea the foxglove or common foxglove is a species of flowering plant in the plantain family Plantaginaceae native to and widespread throughout most of temperate Europe. Growing foxgloves thrive in full sun to partial shade to full shade depending on the summer heat.
11032021 Foxglove flowers are clusters of tubular shaped blooms in colors of white lavender yellow pink red and purple. Common foxglove is a biennial which means they form a rosette and leaves in their first year bloom in their second year and then die. The plant is a popular garden subject with many cultivars available.
All parts of the plant are poisonous.
If youre curious about the symbolic meaning of the foxglove plant youve come to the right place. 12112020 The foxglove flower or Digitalis is not the most common flower you will see in a backyard garden. Wild foxglove can be found in the tropical grassland where it attracts hummingbirds. The flowers and seeds however are produced only on its second year of life because it produces leaves on the first.