Digitalis purpurea

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Digitalis purpurea

Plant (HPS Number P03919)

Notes:
Date donated: 17th Apr 2013
Donor: Trevor Walton

RHS Number and Name Designation (if any): 5862 - accepted name
  • Date added to the website: 23rd Mar 2023
  • Date updated on the website: 19th Dec 2024
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Articles and Publications linked to this species

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Digitalis purpurea has 2 linked publications

In praise of… Digitalis purpurea by Kevin Line
Publication: The Hardy Plant
Edition: Vol. 45 No 2 Autumn 2024

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Plant names and the Code by Ken Thompson
Publication: The Hardy Plant
Edition: Vol. 46 No 2 Autumn 2025

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Digitalis purpurea linked to 11 articles
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What’s happening across the Hardy Plant Society in October
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What’s happening across the Hardy Plant Society in September
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What’s happening across the Hardy Plant Society this month
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The HPS in July 2025: News and Events
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On a Chalk Hillside – June 2025
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Wildlife Gardening Snippet Update. Digitalis purpurea
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Wildlife Garden Snippet, Digitalis purpurea
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My Wildlife Allotment July 2021
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My Wildlife Allotment August 2020
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On a Chalk Hillside August 2017
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Last Month in My Garden, May 2017

Articles and Publications linked to this genus

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3 linked publications

HPS Photographic Competition 2024 by Alan Lennox
Publication: The Hardy Plant
Edition: Vol. 46 No 1 Spring 2025

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In praise of… Digitalis purpurea by Kevin Line
Publication: The Hardy Plant
Edition: Vol. 45 No 2 Autumn 2024

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Plant names and the Code by Ken Thompson
Publication: The Hardy Plant
Edition: Vol. 46 No 2 Autumn 2025

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9 linked articles
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Seasonal Tasks
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Digitalis ferruginea
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On a Chalk Hillside – August 2025
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What’s happening across the Hardy Plant Society this month
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The HPS in July 2025: News and Events
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Wildlife Gardening Snippet Update. Digitalis purpurea
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Wildlife Garden Snippet, Digitalis purpurea
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HPS Member Ann-Marie Powell wins an RHS Award for designing the Octavia Hill Garden
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On a Chalk Hillside – May 2023, Catching up with Seasonal gardening jobs

Additional plant photos and information

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Digitalis purpurea

P03919
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Digitalis purpurea

P03920
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Digitalis purpurea

P11833
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Digitalis purpurea

P12834
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Digitalis purpurea

S00665
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Digitalis purpurea

Order Ref: 523

Plants in the genus : Digitalis

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Penstemon digitalis ex ‘Husker Red’

M04321
Seed Packet
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Penstemon digitalis

Order Ref: 1126
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Digitalis x mertonensis

P02199
Archive Seeds
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Digitalis x fucata ex ‘Red Skin’

M01911
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Digitalis white flowers

M08793
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https://www.hardy-plant.org.uk/image/catalog/library/seeds/S00666.jpg

Digitalis viridiflora

S00666
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Digitalis viridiflora

M01960
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Digitalis trojana

P06061
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https://www.hardy-plant.org.uk/image/catalog/library/seeds/S00667.jpg

Digitalis trojana

S00667
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Digitalis trojana

Order Ref: 531
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Digitalis thapsi

P05027
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Digitalis thapsi

P07880
Archive Seeds
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Digitalis thapsi

M01958
Seed Packet
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Digitalis stewartii

Order Ref: 530
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Digitalis sceptrum

P02221
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Digitalis sceptrum

M01956
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Digitalis purpurea white, spotted flowers

M01952
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Digitalis purpurea white peloric form

M01951
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Digitalis purpurea white orchid flowered – split corolla

M08741
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Digitalis purpurea subsp. heywoodii

P10086
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Digitalis purpurea subsp. heywoodii

M01955
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Digitalis purpurea purple spotted white flowers

M01947
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Digitalis purpurea pure white flowers

M06568
Archive Seeds
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Digitalis purpurea pink and white flowers

M01945

Plants in the family : Plantaginaceae

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Penstemon hirsutus var. pygmaeus ‘Purpureus’

P05223
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Hebe vernicosa

P08803
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Veronica ornata

P08174
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Digitalis canariensis

P04173
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Digitalis ex ‘Glory of Roundway’

M01909
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Veronicastrum virginicum ‘Fascination’

P06364
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Penstemon ‘Evelyn’

P10660
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Penstemon digitalis ex ‘Husker Red’

M04321
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Penstemon ‘Countess of Dalkeith’

P10553
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Maurandya antirrhiniflora

S01258
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Digitalis purpurea

Order Ref: 523
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Penstemon ‘White Bedder’

P00417
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Ourisia macrophylla

P11985
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Veronicastrum virginicum ‘Fascination’

P01411
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Digitalis thapsi

P07880
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Digitalis lutea

P03080
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Plantago major ex ‘Rubrifolia’

M04463
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Veronicastrum virginicum ‘Lavendelturm’

P08139
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Digitalis ferruginea AGM

P12735
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Veronicastrum sibiricum

M05716
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Antirrhinum majus ex ‘Admiral Purple’

Order Ref: 155
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Antirrhinum hispanicum

M07548
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Veronica small pink flowers

M05696
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Veronicastrum mixed colours

M08135