Digitalis purpurea

Foxglove

Digitalis purpurea

Zones 2-5

<p>Light rose to purple flowers (sometimes white) bell shaped and growing up one side of the stem. A plant of the fairies who haunt the woodland dells where the plant grows. The leaves used as a poultice to relieve swellings.The plant is poisonous and contains digitalin, a powerful heart stimulant. Habitat: woodland. Ht 1 mtr</p>