Ohio State University Plant Dictionary

Scientific Name:
Digitalis purpurea 'Giant Shirley'

Family:
Giant Shirley Purple Foxglove

Family:
Scrophulariaceae

Description:
Purple Foxglove, a biennial that self-sows, has huge flowering spikes composed of many flowers with fused, tubular petals whose interior surface contains ornamental dots and stipples. The Giant Shirley Series has most of its flowers on one side of the inflorescence, and comes in an array of colors.

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