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Digitalis parviflora |
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| | When grampa was a little boy... |
Many of the perennial foxgloves have brown as part of their coloring, often in streaks through yellow or white flower parts � but this one takes the chocolaty look to the extreme! The entire tubular part of the flower is brown, with just a bit of the yellow internals showing for contrast. The flowers are white-hairy, which is most evident up close. Like most foxgloves, it's a very upright, stalky plant. I don't recall if it came back for a third year, so it may be one that prefers to be a biennial - although deadheading may coax it into a more perennial behavior.
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We left this plant behind in our Pennsylvania garden (and wish it well); we don't grow it in Houston. About my plant portraits
PlantLinks to other web pages about Digitalis parviflora
Some particularly helpful links to other websites | Sunshine Farm | This page shows a yellow-flowered plant. My research hasn't turned up consistent results on what the flower color of the |
Visitors to this page have left the following comments| Cornelia Webster | Mar 14, 2014 | while searching for digitalis parviflora seeds I came upon your site---haven't found the seed yet in an affordable way but I so appreciate your seed starting details----notes like these are so helpful |
- Seed from '01 trade. Sowed in pot outside early Feb, good germination by mid-April. Seedlings were small, and many perished after transplanting to garden
- Same seed as above. Baggy 70F (90%G, 7-11d)
- Seed from '05 garden. Baggy 70F with light (48%G, 4-9d)
- Seed from '09 garden. Baggy 70F with light (86%G, 6-11d)
- Same seed as above. Baggy 70F with light (89%G, 6-8d)
- Same seed as above. Baggy 70F with light (55%G, 6-8d)
- Same seed as above. Baggy 70F with light (no G, 19d)
Long-viable seed, easy to germinate.
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