| Description | White Fox Glove (Digitalis purpurea alba) is a white flowering variety of the common Foxglove. |
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| Pronunciation | (dij-i-TAL-is)(pur-PU-ree-ah) |
| Plant Type | All Plants, Biennials |
| Hardiness Zone | 4-9 |
| Sunlight | partial sun |
| Moisture | prefers moist |
| Soil & Site | average |
| Flowers | Flowers: white, 2-3 inches, pendulous, found around the stalk, blooms end of May through early to mid June |
| Leaves | basal rosette |
| Dimensions | 4-5 feet tall, vertical plant |
| Maintenance | This foxglove is biennial and will need to be replaced each year or allow the mother plants to produce seeds and self sow. Plants will become scraggly by late summer. |
| Propagation | seeds |
| Misc Facts | An old-fashioned flowers of the English Cottage Gardens. White Foxglove was grown in Williamsburg's' by John Custis in 1735. Also listed by Bernard McMahon in both pink and white forms in his 1804 broadsheet. |
| Notes & Reference | Reference: #4-Herbaceous Perennial Plants, #40-Manual of Herbaceous ornamental Plants, The Jefferson Monticello web site) |
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