• Image of Digitalis laevigata taken at Juniper Level Botanic Gdn, NC by Lidia Churakova
    Juniper Level Botanic Gdn, NC by Lidia Churakova
  • Image of Digitalis laevigata taken at Juniper Level Botanic Gdn, NC by JLBG
    Juniper Level Botanic Gdn, NC by JLBG
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Digitalis laevigata

Smooth Giraffe Foxglove

This plant is not currently for sale. This is an archive page preserved for informational use.

Shop Available Digitalis

Item #: 17065

Zones: 4a to 8b

Dormancy: Evergreen

Height: 60" tall

Culture: Sun to Part Sun

Origin: Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Greece, Montenegro, Portugal, Serbia, Slovenia

Pot Size: 3.5" pot (24 fl. oz/0.7 L)


We absolutely love Digitalis laevigata, a perennial foxglove species, endemic to the Balkan peninsula, which has thrived in our hot, humid, rainy summers since 2017. The 5' tall (yes, many references say 3' tall, but we don't let our plants read books) flower spikes open, starting in mid-May (NC) with terminal spikes of tightly-stacked, small, bronzy orange flowers. Well-drained, gravelly soils yield the best results.