DID YOU KNOW?
While the Lady’s Foxglove is strikingly beautiful, every part of the plant is poisonous and should never be eaten—especially by children and pets.
Common Names: Foxglove, Digitalis, Lady’s Glove, Fairy Bells.
Wandering Teresa
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Poison or medicine but definitely gorgeos. What a wonderful colour.
Good warning. I learned that from a PBS murder mystery, where the plant was the murder weapon.
It’s famously poisonous: but still useful in the right hands as medication. I shan’t be eating any though!
I don’t know anything about it. But in everything there’s pros and cons .
Very true. You just have to be in the know.
Many heart medications in Germany carry the name digitalis in their generic name in one form or another. I guess I’ve always known, probably since the first time my mother admonished me about not touching the flowers when I tried to in the woods.
Well I knew a bit about it and that it can be medicinal but not that it is poisonous. Never too old to learn something. Thanks Elke.
Thanks to mum, I suppose 😊
Yes, I was brought up to look but not touch too.
They’re stunning. I wouldn’t have thought they’re poisonous. Thanks for the tip!0