Foxglove(digitalis) is a bienneial plant with soft, hairy, toothed, ovate and lance-shaped leaves that cascade in a basal rosette. The life span of the plant covers 2 seasons. The first year growth remains in the form of a basal rosette of leaves. Second year of growth produces flowering stems and can grow up to three to six feet in height. It's flower spikes have purple to white spotted thimble-like flowers which hang down and last approximately six days. The earliest known name for the biannual is the Anglo-Saxon "foxes glofa" (the glove of the fox). It derives its name from the flowers which resemble the fingers of a glove and possibly from a northern legend that bad fairies gave the blossoms to the fox to put on his toes, so that he might soften his tread while he hunted for prey. Digitalis is a poisonous plant. The foxgloves weeping petals endorse a softness that rises up with enchantment in the country garden.
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