Foxglove
Digitalis purpurea
Full description
The Foxglove is a biennial plant which develops a large leaf-rosette in the first year and an erect leafy flower stem in the second. The plant is poisonous. It has drooping funnel shaped pink or purple flowers from June to September and is normally found in woodlands, hedgerows and on river banks. It prefers neutral to acid soils.
Foxgloves provide pollen and nectar for many different types of bumble bees.