Plantaginaceae: an erect evergreen perennial to 60cm. Found in woods and scrub. The flowers are bell-shaped, cream or pale yellow, 2.5cm long, veined with brown, in a long spike. Blooming from June-August. The leaves are evergreen lance-shaped. Native to Eastern Europe to Siberia.

USES:

The Grecian foxglove is a widely used herbal medicine with a recognised stimulatory effect upon the heart. It is also used in allopathic medicine as the main source of the cardiac glycosides that are used in the treatment of heart complaints. Digitalis lanata has three times the physiological effects of Digitalis purpurea and in now preferred due to the quick onset of effects.

GROWING INFORMATION:

Rapidly germinating, keep seed in constant moisture (not wet) with temperatures of about +20°C [68°F]. Seeds must be covered thinly. Do not cover very small seeds, but tightly press into the earth. Keep in cooler conditions after germination occurs.

An easily grown plant, succeeding in ordinary garden soil, especially if it is rich in organic matter. It prefers a neutral to acid soil and succeeds in dry soils and, once established, is drought tolerant. It prefers semi-shade but succeeds in full sun if the soil is moist. This species can develop crown rot and root rot when growing in damp conditions.

HARVESTED: 2023*
 

APPROX. 300 SEEDS