Coastal BC Plants: Foxglove
Foxglove
When spring arrives, Coastal BC bursts into bloom. Many flowers are short lived, but the Foxglove can be found long into summer.Foxgloves come in white, purple, pink, and a combination. Like the Scotch Broom, they are a European garden plant that escaped into the wild, but are not considered a detrimental invasive species, even though they have proliferated in lowland areas along the coast.
Foxgloves grow in open disturbed areas. Their drooping trumpet shaped flowers open from the bottom to the top of a tall straight stalk. A unique feature is that the lower flowers are female, and the upper ones are male. Pretty handy for pollination.Foxglove (Digitalis purpurea) plants are the original source for the heart medicine digitalis. In its natural state, all parts of the Foxglove are poisonous, so beware.
My favourite colour is the bright pink. I guess you can see why. -- Margy
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They are such pretty flowers, also grown in people's gardens as well. Lovely images!
ReplyDeleteI guess that's how they got to us in the first place. - Margy
DeleteThat is all I remember of Foxglove - that is is poisonous from 4-H when I was in the Horse Club as a kid. Pretty though.
ReplyDeleteDidn't know that. I had horses when I was in junior and high school, then again about fifteen years ago. I loved riding. - Margy
DeleteThey are beautiful flowers! Mine froze out last winter and I did not replace them.
ReplyDeleteThey ring my chimes, as it were.
ReplyDeleteROG, ABCW
love these, especially when walking among the bush.
ReplyDeleteI always liked Foxglove. They grow prolifically in the logged off area on the tree farm. Hence the disturbed areas.
ReplyDeleteYour comment on my snowy post is right on.
MB
Love foxglove! These are beautiful pictures of them!
ReplyDeleteThanks everyone for stopping by to comment on my Foxglove post. I am really learning a lot about the plants of Coastal British Columbia doing these posts. - Margy
ReplyDeleteI've grown these flowers and love them. Great photos!
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