FOXGLOVES

CAROL'S FOXGLOVES
(Digitalis purpurea)
Gatehouse Garden,
Reefnet Bay Road,
Shaw Island, San Juan Archipelago, WA.
1 June 2018.

"Some of the common names of the foxglove, Digitalis purpurea, date back to early days when fairies and evil spirits were familiar presences, while others have a Christian character. They are folk's gloves, witches' gloves, fairy gloves, fairy caps, fairy thimbles, dead men's bells, bloody fingers, and gloves of our lady. Because the plants are biennial, in their first year they produce only the basal rosette of leaves. 

During the second summer, stems four feet high [+] appear, bearing a spire two feet long of nodding two-lipped flowers that grow on one side of the stem. The entire plant is softly hairy. When grown in semi-shade or sparse woods, conditions similar to its wild haunts, foxglove will self-sow freely. 

Helen M. Fox, The Years in my Herb Garden©1953 by the Macmillan Co.

Carol's Foxglove seeds
(Digitalis purpurea)
Packets available
at Gatehouse Seeds,
Reefnet Bay Road, Shaw Island,
San Juan Archipelago, WA.

🌿 June in the Woods 🌿

Foxgloves
(Digitalis purpurea)
Making seeds for next year,
Shaw Island Gatehouse
Reefnet Bay Road,
San Juan Archipelago, WA.
Anno One June two thousand and eighteen

"I wonder what it would be like to live in a world 
where it was always June."

L.M. Montgomery.

Digitalis purpurea 
with Rhododendron 'Blue Frost'
Shaw Island Gatehouse Garden
Foxglove seeds are the easiest to germinate,
a true 'throw and grow" enjoying a touch of shade
and some damp soil. Watch out for slugs.
Anno one June 2018