Digitalis trojana

Also Known As

Helen Of Troy Foxglove

Plant type

perennial

size

H: 24"-30"
W: 12"

planting zones

5a-9b

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Digitalis trojana plant details

Digitalis trojana is a broadleaf semi-evergreen perennial with blue and green foliage. In spring and summer bronze and cream flowers emerge. Features fuzzy texture. Attracts bees and beneficial insects making it an excellent addition to pollinator gardens. Grows well with mostly sun - mostly shade and even moisture - regular water. Prefers to be dry in summer. Does well in average, rich and well-drained soil.

CHARACTERISTICS OF Digitalis trojana

Plant type: perennial
Plant family: plantaginaceae
Foliage: semi-evergreen blue and green
Mature size: 12 IN wide, 24 IN - 30 IN - tall
Flowers: bronze and cream blooms in spring and summer
Uses: woodland garden

GROWING CONDITIONS for Digitalis trojana

USDA Zones: 5a - 9b
Sun exposure: mostly sun - mostly shade
Watering frequency: even moisture - regular
Resistant to: deer and rabbit
Soil needs: average, rich and well-drained

Nursery contributed plant descriptions

This shorter perennial Foxglove has curiously attractive gold and white flowers veined in bronze on 18-24" stems in early-mid summer. It has found a permanent spot in our garden near Heuchera 'Caramel' and the coppery fronds of the Autumn Fern, Dryopteris erythrosora. Deer resistant.

By: Avant Gardens

Straight-backed stems, garbed in gleaming darkly green lanceolate leaves with fine gray haired margins, spring from a handsome evergreen rosette. Indigenous to Turkey, this hard-to-find foxglove's signature is its remarkable soft-looking, earthy flower spikes. fuzzy, tightly set, silver washed buds unveil caramel-colored blossoms, featuring elaborately patterned gold and rusty brown throats and luminous white lips. Long blooming, more drought tolerant than other digitalis and happiest in a cool, somewhat shady setting, it can be positioned next to Salvia forsskaolii.

By: Digging Dog Nursery

The foxglove that launched a thousand ships? I'm not exactly sure how this one got its common name, but it's a sweet little foxglove all the same. Clumps of deep green foliage produce 3 foot fuzzy spikes of silver with intricately patterned, white lipped, caramel-brown flowers all summer. An often short-lived perennial from Turkey that will self-sow nicely if it's happy enough. Rich, well-drained soil in full sun is best. Hardy in USDA zone 5. Good cut flower.