Scotsgran's Garden
Digitalis lanata
Digitalis lanata (often called the Woolly Foxglove or Grecian Foxglove). It gets its name due to the texture of the leaves. It is in leaf all year, in flower in June and July, and the seeds ripen in early-mid September. The plant grows from 13 to 26 inches. It prefers part shade and humus rich soil. It also prefers sandy, loamy, and clay soils. It can grow under dry or moist conditions. The elongated leaves are mid–green, wooly, veined, and covered with white hairs on the underside. There is a tidy rosette before the spike goes up, and it is neatly arranged around the purple-tinged stems. The flowers are tubular and bell shaped with a creamy-white color and purplish-brown netting as well as a long broad lip. The flowers usually bloom in the second year. Both flowers and stems are also woolly or hairy as well as pretty.
Bought Suntrap July 2012.
