Is Yellow Foxglove deer resistant?
Digitalis grandiflora
Toxic to cats and dogs if eaten
About Yellow Foxglove
A true perennial, unlike the common biennial foxglove, so it returns year after year from the same crown. Soft butter-yellow bells in part shade. Toxic like all foxgloves, which is why deer leave it entirely.
Soil and care
- Soil pH
- 5.5 to 7
- Drainage
- Consistently moist
- Water
- Moderate
- Spacing
- 12 to 18 in apart
- Growth rate
- Moderate
- Maintenance
- Low
Similar to Yellow Foxglove
Other perennials with the same deer rating.
- African LilyAgapanthus sp.Zones 8–11, genus rangeSeldom damaged
- AsparagusAsparagus officinalisZones 2–9Seldom damaged
- AsterAster sp.Zones 3–8, genus rangeSeldom damaged
- AstilbeAstilbe x arendsiiZones 3–8Seldom damaged
- Baby's BreathGypsophila sp.Zones 3–9, genus rangeSeldom damaged
- BastardsageEriogonum wrightiiZones 5–10Seldom damaged
Where Yellow Foxglove grows
Hardy across most of these 50 states on zone range alone. Mountain and coastal areas sit outside the ranges used here, so check your own zone before ordering.
- Pennsylvania
- New Jersey
- New York
- Connecticut
- Massachusetts
- Virginia
- Maryland
- Michigan
- Wisconsin
- Ohio
- Indiana
- Illinois
- Minnesota
- Missouri
- North Carolina
- Tennessee
- Georgia
- Texas
- Colorado
- California
- Oregon
- Washington
- New Hampshire
- Vermont
- Maine
- Rhode Island
- Delaware
- West Virginia
- Kentucky
- South Carolina
- Florida
- Alabama
- Mississippi
- Louisiana
- Arkansas
- Oklahoma
- Kansas
- Nebraska
- Iowa
- North Dakota
- South Dakota
- Montana
- Wyoming
- Idaho
- Utah
- Nevada
- Arizona
- New Mexico
- Alaska
- District of Columbia
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Hardy in these zones
Common questions about Yellow Foxglove
- Is Yellow Foxglove deer resistant?
- Yellow Foxglove (Digitalis grandiflora) is rated Seldom Severely Damaged on the Rutgers NJAES four-tier scale. Light browsing at worst; rarely ruined.
- What hardiness zones does Yellow Foxglove grow in?
- Yellow Foxglove is hardy in USDA zones 3 to 8. Outside that range it will either not survive winter or will struggle with summer heat.
- Does Yellow Foxglove grow in shade?
- Yes. Yellow Foxglove tolerates part shade, which makes it one of the options for a shaded bed where deer also browse.
- Is Yellow Foxglove toxic to dogs or cats?
- Yes. The ASPCA lists Yellow Foxglove as toxic to dogs, cats, and horses. Site it away from where animals graze, or choose something else if you have a dog that chews.