Description
Foxglove is an herbaceous biennial plant from the family Plantaginaceae. It has hairy foliage and spikes of flowers that are thimble-like in shape. Foxglove flowers bloom from May to June in shades of pink, purple or white. Foxglove plants freely self-seed under favorable conditions, which means it can establish itself in your garden and persist for years like a perennial plant. Although it is native to Europe, foxglove is widely cultivated in the United States. It thrives in loam soils, but needs only a bit of soil to survive. It is often found growing along roadsides and rocky places, as well as in cracks and crevices in stone walls.