Digitalis lutea seed

LATIN NAME: Digitalis lutea

COMMON NAME: Yellow Foxglove

The yellow foxglove is the soft, yellow bells of the old wall, and the open, trumpet-shaped flowers hang along the tall spikes. The upright, biennial or short-lived perennial plant carries the rosettes of the long, narrow, green leaves and the tall, dense racemes of the small, soft-yellow, trumpet-shaped flowers with the brown-marked throats through the early summer, one of the fine, quiet sights of the old wall. The flowers are a fine, historic presence of the cottage garden, and the plant is a plant of the open, sunny to partly shaded, moist, well-drained ground. The whole plant is for the eyes only, not for eating or touching without the gloves.

Scientific Research & Plant Biotechnology

The yellow foxglove is a historic subject of the plant science, and the yellow bells keep showing up in the work on the digitalis group. The chemistry of the leaves, which carry the cardiac compounds of the old practice, has been studied closely, and it keeps appearing in the studies of the medicinal plants, the digitalis group and the members of the plantain family. The rosettes of the long leaves and the tall racemes have also made it a fine study plant, and the yellow foxglove is a regular subject of the work on the yellow bells of the cool world.

Ecological & Economic Value & Wide Applications

The yellow foxglove is a fine, historic plant of the old wall and the cottage garden. The tall, dense racemes of the small, soft-yellow, trumpet-shaped flowers open through the early summer, one of the fine, quiet sights of the old wall, drawing the long-tongued bees, and the chemistry of the leaves has a long record in the old practice, grown for the yellow bells rather than for the table. The plant is one of the fine choices for the cottage border, the old wall and the study collection, best kept out of the reach of the small hands. It has been written about in the horticultural and the botanical papers for the yellow bells and the long record of study, and it is a fine, historic plant of the open, sunny to partly shaded, moist, well-drained garden.

Cut the old spikes down after the seeds and the fresh rosettes will hold through the year.

To grow the yellow foxglove from seed, sow the small, brown seeds across the surface of a tray of damp seed compost, without covering them, keep the tray in a bright, open spot and water gently, then set the young plants out in the open ground. The seedlings push through within a couple of weeks and grow on steadily. With the sun or the light shade and the moist, well-drained ground, the yellow bells will rise through the early summer.

This variety has white and brown flowers covered with soft hairs, which reach the height of 3 feet.

Sow in spring and summer on top of the compost. The seed needs light to germinate. Keep at 15 – 20C. Harden off and plant out after the frost has past.