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July 21, 2017 by: RidgetopFarm&Garden

Pacific NW Plants: Foxglove

Ridgetop Farm and Garden | Pacific NW Plants | Foxglove

Foxgloves are my cue that summer is here. Typically they bloom from mid June until the beginning of August.

They are bright & beautiful.

Ridgetop Farm and Garden | Pacific NW Plants | Foxglove

STEM & LEAVES, & FLOWERS

As a biennial, foxgloves do not produce flowers their first year. Instead, a simple rosette of leaves is formed that first year.

The second year produces a 3 – 5 foot tall stalk with multiple tubular flowers.
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2nd year, not yet blooming
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Just beginning to bloom
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Lovely purple flower
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Standing tall
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This flower is passed its prime. Eventually, the seeds inside will drop to reseed the area.
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The majority of the foxgloves around here are purple, but there are a few white ones scattered about.
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POLLINATION

I have spotted moths, butterflies, bumblebees, and hummingbirds crawl in a flower tube to collect what I assume to be delicious nectar.
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Peeking inside the freckled flower to spot the stigma.
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WHERE IT GROWS

Often foxgloves are grown for vertical interest in home gardens.

Around my house, though, they grow naturally in the sunny areas among the trees.
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They look beautiful among the native grasses, daisies and Columbia Lilies.
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TOXICITY

All parts of the foxglove plant are poisonous. Ironically, for the same reason they are poisonous, is the reason the plant is used medicinally. Ingesting any portion of a foxglove can cause diarrhea, vomiting, and irregular heartbeat. The leaves can also irritate sensitive skin. The deer around here don’t even eat them.
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Take a moment to enjoy the Wonderful World of Plants!

 

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