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Foxglove 'Foxy'

Scott's Nursery Ltd.

$6.99
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Bring the enchanted, timeless romance of a classic woodland cottage garden straight into your landscape on a beautifully managed scale. This award-winning variety creates an absolutely spectacular visual architecture, sending up strong, vertical spires tightly packed with large, nodding, bell-shaped blossoms. Each satiny flower throat features an exquisite, high-contrast display of leopard-like maroon spots rimmed in white. Its dense, structural blooming power adds a dramatic, multi-coloured vertical dimension that instantly captivates the eye.

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Plant Details

Mature Size:

30" H x 15" W

Zone:

4-9

Watering:

Medium

Type:

Annual / Perennial / Biennial

Growth Rate:

Fast

Light:

Partial Shade/Full Sun

Plant Profile

Common Names:

Foxy Dwarf Foxglove, Foxy Mix Common Foxglove, First-Year Flowering Foxglove

Scientific Name:

Digitalis purpurea 'Foxy'

Type:

Thriller / Compact Architectural Perennial

Growth Details:

Mature Size: 24 to 36 inches tall and 12 to 18 inches wide (Significantly more compact and wind-resistant than standard 5-foot wild varieties).

Growth Habit: Strictly upright, spired, and clumping.

Form: Sturdy, vertical flower stalks rising from a low, compact, fuzzy foliar base.

Growth Rate: Fast.

Flowering: Bountiful, dense terminal spikes packed with large, pendulous bell flowers.

Flowering Time: Late spring through mid-summer (Typically May to July).

Flower Colour: A delightful, showy mixture of pastel pink, soft rose, cream, lavender, and pure white, all with heavily spotted white-and-maroon throats.

Environmental Needs:

Exposure: Partial shade to full sun. Prefers cool morning light and filtered afternoon shade.

Soil Preferences: Rich, fertile, organic-matter-heavy loams that retain even, reliable moisture.

Soil Tolerance: Adapts smoothly to average garden soils provided they do not dry out completely; completely intolerant of soggy, waterlogged winter mud or baking, parched dirt.

Watering: Moderate. Water deeply on a regular weekly schedule to maintain constant root-zone moisture.

Container Role: Performs as a magnificent, towering vertical Thriller in large, deep patio pottery collections.

Special Features:

Disease Resistances: Highly robust; excellent natural resistance to common garden pests.

Native Species: No (A highly refined modern garden hybrid selection derived from European woodland species).

Fast Growing: Yes (Quickly shoots up heavy flower stems from its basal rosette).

Attracts: Intensely alluring to wild bumblebees, honeybees, and hovering hummingbirds.

Uses: High-impact borders, cutting gardens (flowers make spectacular vertical filler for large fresh bouquets), and woodland naturalizing.

Resistance: Highly deer-resistant and rabbit-resistant due to natural chemical compounds (digitalis) present in all parts of the plant, making it completely unpalatable to wildlife. Note: All parts of this plant are highly toxic if ingested by humans or pets.

Care Guide

Ornamental & Landscape Value

Seasonal Interest:

Bloom Information: Highly showy, dramatic spires of speckled bells that completely dominate the late-spring garden landscape.

Fall Colour: No significant autumn color variation; foliage remains soft green until entering winter dormancy.

Garden Value:

Ornamental Interest: Stout, vertical leafy spikes densely clustered with large, speckled tubular bells rising above a tidy rosette of soft, fuzzy green leaves.

Landscaping Uses: Ideal for adding vertical structure to cottage garden borders, woodland edge plantings, mass background backdrops, cutting garden plots, and shaded courtyard beds.

Garden / Landscape Benefits: Unlike older, traditional foxgloves that require two years to bloom, this unique dwarf variety erupts into full color in its very first season from seed. Its compact, stocky frame completely eliminates the need for staking.

Wildlife & Human Value:

Wildlife Value: A premier ecological asset for shady zones; provides an essential, deep nectar fueling station for native bumblebees and hummingbirds.

Human Value: One of the world's most iconic and romantic ornamental flowers, offering unparalleled vertical architecture and historic cottage charm with minimal care requirements.

Planting & Care Guide

Planting Considerations:

Best Time To Plant: Early spring after hard winter frosts finish, or early autumn to allow the rosettes to settle before winter.

Spacing: Space individual plants 12 to 15 inches apart to allow the low rosettes room to expand cleanly while building a continuous wall of colour.

Location Tips: Select a garden space protected from punishing, sweeping winds, preferably in areas with rich, moisture-retentive soil.

Companion Plants: Pairs magnificently with Hostas, Ferns, Coral Bells (Heuchera), Columbines (Aquilegia), Astilbes, and Bleeding Hearts.

Care:

Light Requirements: Thrives beautifully in partial shade to full sun; prefers protection from scorching afternoon sun in hot climates.

Moisture Requirements: Needs moderate, regular watering; the soil must remain evenly moist and never be allowed to dry out completely during active growth.

Maintenance, Fertilization: Cut the main central flower spike down to the basal foliage after blooming finishes to encourage the plant to produce a secondary wave of smaller side-spikes. Apply a light application of balanced slow-release fertilizer in early spring; avoid high-nitrogen formulas, which soften the sturdy vertical stalks.

Tolerances:

High tolerance for early spring frost, cool damp weather, shade, and heavy browsing wildlife pressure.

Tips For Success:

Thinning / Pinching: Do not pinch back the stems. Allow some of the late-summer flower stalks to dry on the plant so it can freely drop seeds, ensuring a permanent generational return.

Support / Staking: Completely unnecessary; its dwarf stems are thick, rigid, and naturally wind-resistant.

Special Needs: Keep out of reach of children and grazing pets due to its high toxicity. Always wear garden gloves when handling or cutting the stems.

Mulching: Apply a rich layer of organic compost or leaf mulch around the base to preserve critical root moisture.

Winter Protection: None required; completely frost-hardy. Simply clear away dead foliage and old stems in early spring before fresh green shoots pop up.

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