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Plantaginaceae
Straw foxglove
Digitalis lutea
Also known as Yellow foxglove, Digitalis lutea, Small yellow foxglove
Native Plants · Foxglove · Digitalis · Yellow Flowers · Cottage Garden · Woodland Border · Pollinator · Shade Perennial · Tubular Flowers · Part Shade · Clump Forming
Straw foxglove is an elegant, clump-forming perennial that bears slender spikes of pale yellow tubular flowers in summer, making it a subtle and sophisticated alternative to the common purple foxglove. It thrives in partial shade with moist, well-drained soil and is an excellent choice for woodland borders or cottage gardens. Once established it is largely self-sufficient — divide clumps every few years to maintain vigor and deadhead to prevent excessive self-seeding.
Growing conditions
The details behind the basics
- Daily light
- 4 hours
- Watering
- Water moderately; allow the top inch of soil to dry slightly between waterings · Every 7-10 days
- Maintenance
- Low
- Soil
- loam
- Soil pH
- 6–7.5
- Temperature
- -20°F to 90°F
- Cycle
- Perennial
- Propagation
- Seed, Division
Hardiness
USDA 4a-9b
Form & growth
Mature size and habit
- Mature height
- 12 in – 3 ft
- Spread
- 2 ft
- Spacing
- 18 in apart
- Growth rate
- Moderate
- Root depth
- Medium
- Flowers
- No
- Foliage
- Medium
Ecology & origin
Where it belongs and what it brings
- Native to
- Austria, Belgium, British Columbia, Connecticut, Corse, Czechoslovakia, France, Germany, Great Britain, Italy, Maryland, Masachusettes, Michigan, Netherlands, New Hampshire, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Poland, QuéBec
- Attracts
- Bees, Hummingbirds
Sources: trefle, usda
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