Plant Finder Features How It Works Pricing Testimonials Blog

The UK's leading eCommerce platform for horticulture businesses.

Product

Features
How It Works
Pricing

Company

About
Blog
Contact

Legal

Twitter LinkedIn

straw foxglove | Plant Finder | Fill My Garden

Home/Plants/Perennials

Plants > Perennials

straw foxglove

Digitalis lutea

★ RHS AGMPollinator Friendly

Genus: Digitalis
Family: Plantaginaceae
Common Names: small yellow foxglove

About this plant

D. lutea is an upright, herbaceous perennial to 60cm with narrowly oval, bright green, glossy leaves. Spires of soft yellow, trumpet-shaped flowers are produced in early to midsummer

Growing Information

Height

0.5-1 Metres

Spread

0.1-0.5 Metres

Hardiness

Foliage

Deciduous

Growing Conditions

Sunlight

Full ShadeFull SunPartial Shade

Soil

ClayChalkLoamSandy

Not Currently Available

This plant is not currently stocked at any garden centres on our platform.

Alkaline

Neutral

Moisture

Poorly DrainedWell Drained

Aspect

West FacingSouth FacingNorth FacingEast Facing

Exposure

ShelteredExposed

Care Guide

Cultivation

Will grow in almost any soil or situation except very wet or very dry; ideal site is a humus-rich, alkaline soil in partial shade

Pruning

Cut back main flower spike as it fades to encourage the growth of flowering side shoots

Propagation

Propagate by seed sown in pots in a cold frame in late spring or propagate by division in early spring

Pests

Can get aphids and leaf and bud eelworm

Diseases

May be affected by a leaf spot and powdery mildews

Garden Uses

Uses

Cottage InformalGround Cover

Planting Places

Outdoor

Season of Interest

SpringSummerAutumn

Size & Characteristics

Height

0.5-1 Metres

Spread

0.1-0.5 Metres

Habit

Clump Forming

Time to Full Height

Five To Ten Years