Category: Seminum | Sub-Category: Perennials for Sun
Scientific Name (Genus/Species): Digitalis ferruginea
Family: (Plantaginaceae)
(B/P) to 4′. Rusty Foxglove. South Europe, West Asia. We have this plant at the entrance to our Gravel Garden, and what an extraordinary focal point it is. Long dense spikes of hooded, pendulous, downy flowers. The outsides of the flowers are rusty red, with darker veins inside. After flowering, the whole spike is still covered in the incredibly attractive, five-lobed calyces with white edges, persisting for weeks. Sun. 4 & T2