Foxgloves are this summer's most fashionable flower.
Foxgloves are poisonous if eaten, so best avoided if you have pets or young children.
Standing 2 to 3 feet tall, it isn't as tall and showy as common
foxglove (Digitalis purpurea), which can reach an impressive height of 4 or 5 feet.
Finally remember
foxgloves are poisonous and even handling them without gloves may irritate skin.
In the jewel-box boutique out front, British Fox umbrellas--handmade in Surrey since 1868--are displayed like precious baubles along with little jars of
Foxglove perfume, a unisex fragrance by DS and Durga.
From Europe and the Mediterranean, this
foxglove forms a basal rosette of woolly leaves that are prone to a disease called rust.
Since the 13th century, the herb and poisonous plant
Foxglove has been used to cleanse wounds and its dried leaves were carefully brewed by Native Americans to treat leg swelling caused by heart problems.
"
Foxglove" may be a corruption of "folk glove," the "folk" referring to "little folk" or sprites.
If you're a
foxglove fanatic like me, you can live with this problem.
ADIGOXIN is an extract of the European
foxglove, which was discovered by William Withering, a famous Birmingham physician and botanist.
The
foxglove (Digitalis spp) is a truly medicinal herb and not one that you would ever administer to yourself.