Foxglove

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Dramatic flowers attract hummingbirds to the garden. Beautiful in a wooded setting with goatsbeard, cimicifuga or snowdrop anemone. Divide after blooming or allow to self-seed to keep these lovely plants in the garden for years to come. Good cut flower.

Companion Plants

Gayfeather

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Gayfeather

Large, impressive flower spikes are outstanding cut or dried flowers and a magnet for butterflies. Attractive planted with rudbeckia, echinacea or phlox. Blossoms open from top of spike; simply remove spike tips to trim away faded flowers.

Hosta

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Hosta

Perfect for the shaded garden! An outstanding foliage plant, excellent as an edging or specimen in perennial gardens or mixed plantings or as a small-scale ground cover. Attractive with ferns and astilbe. White or lavender lilylike flowers.

False Spirea

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False Spirea

Striking flower plumes in a wide array of colors, outstanding in the shaded or woodland garden. Attractive planted with hosta, ferns or Japanese iris and especially attractive near water. A beautiful, long-lasting cut flower, fresh or dried.

Details

Common name

Foxglove

Botanical name

Digitalis purpurea

Variety

Camelot® Lavender

Zone

USDA 5 - 9

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Bloom color

Purple

Bloom time

summer

Light

sun

Height

42-48" (107-122 cm)

Habit

tall

Water

weekly during dry spells

Feed

in spring

Maintenance

remove spent blooms