Buy Digitalis obscura

Also Known As

Sunset Foxglove
Willow-leafed Foxglove

Plant type

perennial

size

H: 16"-20"
W: 10"-15"

planting zones

4a-10b

3.5 inch pot | $14

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Digitalis obscura plant details

Digitalis obscura is a broadleaf semi-evergreen perennial with green foliage. In spring and summer chocolate and red flowers emerge. Attracts hummingbirds. Grows well with sun and even moisture - low water. Drought tolerant once established. Prefers to be dry in summer. Does well in rich and well-drained soil.

CHARACTERISTICS OF Digitalis obscura

Plant type: perennial
Plant family: plantaginaceae
Foliage: semi-evergreen green
Mature size: 10 IN - 15 IN - wide, 16 IN - 20 IN - tall
Flowers: chocolate and red blooms in spring and summer
Uses: award-winning, border plant, rock garden, unique

GROWING CONDITIONS for Digitalis obscura

USDA Zones: 4a - 10b
Sun exposure: sun
Watering frequency: even moisture - low
Resistant to: deer and rabbit
Soil needs: rich and well-drained

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Nursery contributed plant descriptions

Spanish Foxglove is the best Foxglove for drier climates and poorer soils. Much better than traditional English types. It blooms in late spring with spikes of reddish-brown and yellow tubular flowers. A 2004 Plant Select winner.

By: Avant Gardens

A beautiful and unique foxglove species, Digitalis obscura has tubular flowers that are red on the outside and orange on the inside on stems to about two feet tall. It is a drought tolerant, perennial species best grown in hot, sunny spots with free-draining soils and may form a woody base. The evergreen leaves are long, narrow, leathery, and slightly shiny.

By: Phoenix Perennials and Specialty Plants Ltd.

A most distinct Spanish endemic from the area near Puerto del Pinar on open slopes with limestone rubble at 1,100m; this shrubby perennial species has distinctive shiny narrow foliage and amber yellow foxgloves marked with red on the interior. Previously offered wild collections by the Archibalds were only 20-30cm high but these may be expected to get a bit taller if grow in rich conditions, wonderful in a dry sunny site. ZONE 5

By: Arrowhead Alpines

Very different foxglove from Spain that enjoys sun to part shade and lean, fast draining soils…demure at 18" tall and 12" wide, pendant flowers of burnished copper orange May > July. Good rock garden selection, somewhat drought tolerant, deer and rabbit resistant.

By: Secret Garden Growers

From Spain comes this unusual & shrubby perennial Foxglove on many gardeners' wish list. Freely borne, reddish-brown flowers are marked with orange & dusted with glistening little fuzzy hairs. Growing 18” tall and wide, the form is quite shrub-like with willowy evergreen leaves. Highly drought tolerant & it loves the sun.