As many of you know, my favorite color still is pink. I never seemed to grow out of loving it.
Last fall I bought this Foxglove Digitalis to add to my perennial garden. The previous one was demolished by a severe winter. Much to my surprise and delight the new plant is a GORGEOUS shade of pink.
Aren't the inner polka dots just so fun and unexpected?
The Foxglove Digitalis has a very unique name. The Foxglove is believed to have come "Folk's Glove" which means "Fairy's Glove". There are a lot of variations on the story from there including lore about fairies living in the blooms and foxes wearing the blooms to sneakily raid chicken coops. The Digitalis part of the name means "fingers" and the blooms do look like fingers or at least invite little kids to put their fingers inside to feel the polka dots. And for the moniker of this post, the leaves of the plant are used for a common heart medication called Digoxin. The medicine is used to treat arrhythmias, congestive heart failure, and other heart ailments.
Your photos are stunning. I think it would be cool if you blew up the flower so big that you wouldn't be able to recognize it as a flower....just those dots....then frame it and put it in the living room and keep people guessing. I think it would be smashing.
ReplyDeleteIn love Foxglove. We planted one the first year here. It died with the drought. We just got another a couple of weeks ago and planted it in a pot so I could watch over it and take it when we move. It is white I love your pink one.
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