Digitalis Germination Information
Digitalis is the botanical name for Foxglove 
How to Sow Digitalis: - For best results, sow indoors, leaving the seeds uncovered
- Maintain a temperature of 68-70° F during germination
- Germinates in 15-20 days
- Plants started early will bloom the first of the year
- When sowing outdoors, barely covering the seeds, anytime in spring or summer up to two months before first fall frost for blooms the following year
- When sowing seed outdoors, we recommend a maximum planting depth of 4X the width of the seed
How to Grow Digitalis: Spacing: Space 15-24 inches apart in a rich, loose soil with excellent drainage in partial shade
Watering: Water during extended dry periods
Additional Care: Mulch well beneath the foliage. Removing the dead flower stalks may encourage rebloom
Appearance and Use: Excellent source of flowers for cutting, Foxglove is grown in borders,
as a background planting or in woodland areas. Digitalis also has medicinal value. Upright
plants have 1- to 6- foot spikes of 1- to 3-inch, nodding, bell-shaped blooms of white, yellow, pink,
purple, or red sometimes speckled. Serrated, mid-green foliage is lance-shaped and can be
glossy or hairy
About Digitalis: Pronunciation: dij-i-tal’-is
Lifecycle: Biennial,perennial
Origination: Scrophulariaceae; native to Europe, Northwest Africa, and Central Asia
Common Name: Foxglove
Warning: The foliage is toxic 