Growing foxgloves

Foxglove or otherwise digitalis is a fairly common flowering plant. Foxglove is very easy to care for and can actually grow on its own.

This plant belongs to the Norichinaceae family, and received its name due to its flowers resembling thimbles. Do not forget that foxglove is a poisonous plant, so if you have small children, you will have to stop growing it.

Foxgloves can grow up to 1.5 meters or more. Their inflorescences look like candles, towering above the surrounding vegetation. The coloring of digitalis flowers is very diverse, making this plant very decorative and popular among gardeners.

Growing foxgloves in a sunny place it has a more favorable effect on plants. They will also grow in partial shade, but at a detriment to the size of the flowers.

When planting, the soil should be loose, with good drainage and sufficiently fertile. In those parts of the garden where water accumulates in the spring, it is better not to plant digitalis, since with an abundance of moisture the plant blooms poorly or may not bloom at all.

Weeding, loosening the soil around the plants and watering on particularly hot days is all that growing foxgloves requires.

If you want to prolong its flowering, then remove already faded inflorescences. This measure stimulates the appearance of new flower shoots.

Foxgloves can be propagated by seeds. If you especially like any varieties, then mark the most valuable specimens in advance so that after ripening, collect seeds from them.

Another interesting fact: Digitalis seeds of particularly good quality are produced from flowers located at the bottom of the inflorescences.