Purple foxglove "Foxy"

Purple foxglove "Foxy" - Digitalis purpurea.
Blooms in the first year.
Slender, strong stems with large drooping bells.
Bright foxglove will surprise you with its large and lush racemose inflorescences, proudly rising above the rosette of large leaves. Bright crimson flowers are covered with bright burgundy peas.
Plant up to 90 cm tall. Racemes up to 50 cm long. The diameter of the inflorescences is about 5 cm.
Blooms from June to August.
It is widely used for planting on lawns, in mixborders and discounts. Group plantings against the backdrop of a lawn are very effective.

Agricultural technology.
The plant grows well in the sun and in partial shade. Prefers fertile, well-drained soils. Propagated by sowing seeds in May-June on breeding ridges. Seeds are lightly sprinkled with earth. At a soil temperature of + 18 ° C, shoots appear on the 14-20th day. Seedlings dive in the phase of the 1st-2nd pair of true leaves. In August, seedlings are planted in a permanent place, maintaining a distance between plants of 30-40 cm.
Sowing: May-June in boxes or in open ground for seedlings. Seedlings dive into peat pots. Seedlings are planted in a permanent place in autumn at a distance of 25-30 cm between plants.
Care: culture unpretentious to growing conditions. Prefers moderately fertile soil with sufficient moisture and partial shade.
Flowering: June - August.

Helen Allingham.

Eng.: Common foxglove "Foxy", purple foxglove, bloody fingers, dead men's bells, digitalis, fairy caps, fairy thimbles, fairy's glove, folk's glove, gloves of our lady, virgin's glove, witches gloves. Suom.: Sormustinkukka, rohtosormustinkukka. Sven.: Fingerborgsblomma, vanlig fingerborgsblomma.