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'Sugar Plum' Common Foxglove Digitalis purpurea

Flower Season
  • Summer
Mature Size
3'4" 2' 1.0m 61cm
Height: 2'6" - 3'4"
Spread: 12" - 2'
Height: 76cm - 1.0m
Spread: 30cm - 61cm
Proven Selections
  • Details

    30 - 40 Inches
    12 - 24 Inches
    12 - 24 Inches
    76cm - 1.0m
    30cm - 61cm
    30cm - 61cm

    Features

    'Sugar Plum' forms large rosettes of downy green leaves.  It is a biennial, meaning it lives for two years (only foliage the first year, blooming in its second year).

    Attracts: 
    Bees
    Hummingbirds
    Resists: 
    Deer
    Rabbits

    Characteristics

    Plant Type: 
    Perennial
    Height Category: 
    Tall
    Garden Height: 
    30 - 40 Inches 76cm - 1.0m
    Spacing: 
    12 - 24 Inches 30cm - 61cm
    Spread: 
    12 - 24 Inches 30cm - 61cm
    Flower Colors: 
    Pink
    Flower Shade: 
    Pink
    Foliage Colors: 
    Green
    Foliage Shade: 
    Green
    Habit: 
    Upright
    Container Role: 
    Thriller

    Plant Needs

    Light Requirement: 
    Part Shade
    Light Requirement: 
    Sun

    The optimum amount of sun or shade each plant needs to thrive: Full Sun (6+ hours), Part Sun (4-6 hours), Full Shade (up to 4 hours).

    Maintenance Category: 
    Easy
    Bloom Time: 
    Early Summer
    Bloom Time: 
    Late Spring
    Hardiness Zones: 
    4a, 4b, 5a, 5b, 6a, 6b, 7a, 7b, 8a, 8b, 9a, 9b
    Water Category: 
    Average
    Uses: 
    Border Plant
    Uses: 
    Container
    Uses: 
    Cut Flower
    Uses: 
    Mass Planting
    Maintenance Notes: 

    Easy to grow.

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