White Foxglove (Digitalis purpurea 'Alba')

White Foxglove (Digitalis purpurea 'Alba')Hardy biennial Description: White, tubular flowers with small purple spots bloom in late spring to early summer. Habit: Flower stalks grow 4 to 6 feet and broad basal leaves spread 18 to 24 inches Culture: Prefers sun to part shade and well prepared garden loam and even moisture Hardiness: USDA Zones 4 through 8 Origin: Europe Attributes: Deer resistant, attracts bees Both white and purple Foxgloves were grown in American gardens by 1735, and likely

honey-scented flowers like mini bottlebrushes in spring

Publisher: Thomas Jefferson Foundation

Jefferson remarks that the suffering of members of the Jewish faith "has furnished a remarkable proof of the universal spirit of religious intolerance

White Foxglove (Digitalis purpurea 'Alba') is considered an invasive plant in the following state: CA

spreading tree grows to 12-20 feet high and wide

"They (Europeans) have no apples here to compare with our Newtown Pippin

can be pruned into hedges

Thomas Jefferson recorded in his garden diary planting four "Ciriege Corniole" or Cornelian Cherries

In March 1817 Jefferson's friend James Monroe begins his first term as president

two qualities lost with the development of modern Tulip cultivars

A native of Russia

Hardiness:USDA Zones 3 through 8