Buy Rehmannia elata

Also Known As

Rehmannia angulata
Beverly Bells
Chinese Foxglove

Plant type

perennial

size

H: 24"-36"
W: 18"-24"

planting zones

7a-10b

4 inch pot | $14

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Rehmannia elata plant details

Rehmannia elata is a broadleaf deciduous perennial with green foliage. In spring and summer pink flowers emerge. Attracts bees, beneficial insects and hummingbirds making it an excellent addition to pollinator gardens. Grows well with sun - mostly shade and even moisture - regular water. Does well in average, rich and well-drained soil. A good option if you're seeking something heat tolerant and humidity tolerant.

CHARACTERISTICS OF Rehmannia elata

Plant type: perennial
Plant family: orobanchaceae
Foliage: deciduous green
Mature size: 18 IN - 24 IN - wide, 24 IN - 36 IN - tall
Flowers: pink blooms in spring and summer
Uses: award-winning, border plant, cottage garden, cutting garden, easy-to-grow, long-blooming

GROWING CONDITIONS for Rehmannia elata

USDA Zones: 7a - 10b
Sun exposure: sun - mostly shade
Watering frequency: even moisture - regular
Resistant to: heat and humidity
Soil needs: average, rich and well-drained

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Nursery contributed plant descriptions

Gorgeous purplish-pink flowers with spotted throat are reminiscent of foxglove flowers but held in loose spikes over a long period. S/M

By: Forestfarm

Colonizes an area quickly with a series of attractive basal rosettes, with maroon tinges in the fuzzy foliage – so be careful where you plant it! Stems up to 3’ display beautiful pink-rose trumpets with yellow throats (good in a vase!) over a very long season.

By: Secret Garden Growers

Named for the Russian botanist Joseph Rehmann, Rehmannia has been classified both a Scroph and a Gesnariad and the debate is still not settled. R. elata bears large pink bells with yellow spotted throats, unlike Rehmannia glutinosa this is tender here and need to be wintered in the greenhouse, however it blooms for months and is worth the hassle to drag it in. ZONE 7

By: Arrowhead Alpines

A spreading, easy to grow, perennial ground cover, for light shade. Spires of semi-pendant, dusty pink, yellow throated, foxglove flowers, are held on erect stems above the flat rosettes of leaves. A tough, hardy plant, quickly forming large patches. A large colony in mass flower makes a magnificent feature in any garden

By: Zephs

One of my favorites, Rehmannia produces spikes of gloxinia-shaped flowers with a delicious raspberry color; the yellow throats dotted inside with carmine. The textured leaves grow in rosettes and turn deep red in fall, spreading readily by runners. Listed in a 1935 book.

By: Select Seeds

Chinese Foxglove. Not a true foxglove but similar tubular flowers albeit individually larger and more showy. This is an evergreen perennial which tolerates some dry but really jams in a good moisture retentive soil where it can bloom from May until Fall. Good cut as well.