Plant library · digitalis-purpurea
Foxglove
Digitalis purpurea
Toxic to cats and dogs
A biennial — leaves the first year, flower spikes the second, then it seeds itself around.
Toxicity
Toxic Can be serious
Signs, in the ASPCA's words
Cardiac arrhythmias, vomiting, diarrhea, weakness, cardiac failure, death.
Toxic Can be serious
Signs, in the ASPCA's words
Cardiac arrhythmias, vomiting, diarrhea, weakness, cardiac failure, death.
Source — ASPCA Animal Poison Control Center, toxic and non-toxic plant list; read from this species' own page
Pet-safety information is a general guide from the ASPCA's toxic-plant database and covers cats and dogs only. "If eaten" summarises the symptoms ASPCA lists for that plant; how an animal actually reacts depends on how much it ate and on the animal. It isn't exhaustive, isn't veterinary advice, and individual animals vary — never rely on it as the sole basis for a decision about your pet. If you think your pet has eaten a harmful plant, contact a vet immediately.
Care
- WaterEvery 6–9 days
- LightMedium light
- HumidityAverage humidity
- Temperature5–22 °C
The same interval the Sabz app schedules reminders from. In autumn and winter the app stretches it; see houseplants in autumn.
Common problems
- No flowers in year one — normal; it flowers in its second year
- Plants vanishing after flowering — biennial by nature; let it seed
- Spikes leaning — top-heavy in wind, stake tall ones
In the app
Add a foxglove to Sabz and the watering interval above becomes a reminder, the toxicity verdict sits on the plant's own page, and when a leaf turns, the Check-up reads what you have actually logged to say why.
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