How to Grow and Care for Common foxglove

Common foxglove, also known as Purple foxglove, Lady's glove, Fairy's glove, Virgin's glove, Foxglove

Common foxglove thrives in well-drained soil and partial shade to full sun exposure. A special care point is to ensure moderate watering, as overly wet conditions can lead to root rot. Additionally, deadheading spent flowers promotes further blooming and prevents excessive self-seeding. Providing these basic care requirements makes common foxglove relatively easy to maintain for most gardeners.

Watering schedule: Twice per week

Sunlight Requirements: Full sun

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Planting and Growing Common foxglove

Toughness	High
Care Level	Medium
Care Difficulty	Easy
Lifespan	Biennial, Perennial, Annual
Watering Schedule	Twice per week
Sunlight Requirements	Full sun
Soil Type	Garden Soil
Soil pH	6-7
Planting Time	Spring, Early summer
Hardiness Zones	5-9
Toxicity	Toxic to Human & Pets

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Varieties of Common foxglove

Common foxglove 'Camelot Rose'

Common foxglove 'Camelot Rose' is a stunning Common foxglove cultivar that produces tall spikes of tubular, outward-facing pink flowers with white speckled throats and maroon markings. The cultivar is renowned among gardeners as a reliable selection that's able to produce masses of blooms during the first year.

Common foxglove 'Dalmatian Peach'

With an early blooming and fast-growing habit, the common foxglove 'Dalmatian Peach' is a foxglove cultivar that has tubular blooms of soft peach, with speckles reminiscent of Dalmatian spots along its throat. The common foxglove 'Dalmatian Peach' has won praise for its growth habit, blooms, and visual appearance.

Common foxglove 'Dalmatian Purple'

Common foxglove 'Dalmatian Purple' is a cultivar of foxglove, also known as lady’s glove, named for its purple flowers which are spotted like a dalmatian dog. It has compact foliage and flowers early in the summer. Gardeners will note that it is attractive to hummingbirds and fairly resistant to deer and rabbits.

Common foxglove 'Sutton's Apricot'

The Common foxglove has purple flowers in the wild, but common foxglove 'Sutton's Apricot' is a distinctive cultivar because of the apricot pink flowers for which it is named. This is a popular garden plant for its unusual flowers and because it's easy to grow. It thrives in many parts of the garden and in different soil and shade conditions.

Common foxglove 'Polkadot Princess'

It is clear how common foxglove 'Polkadot Princess' got its name since its trumpet-shaped mauve flowers are filled with dark-purple spots surrounded by white circles. This Common foxglove cultivar barely reaches 1 m and is somewhat shorter than its parent which can reach 2 m. This flower is a particular favorite of bees and hummingbirds.

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Common foxglove boasts a basal rosette of softly downy leaves, unfurling at its base. In its second year, common foxglove presents a magnificent terminal raceme, towering at over 3-6 feet (0.9-1.8 meters), with large pendulous flowers that are a magnet for onlookers. Each flower is a spectacular funnel-shaped bell, ranging in coloration, but typically seen with a patterned inner throat of white with purplish accents. These flamboyant corollas appear densely arranged along one side of the spike, adding to the plant's dramatic vertical accent.