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Rehmannia elata

Rehmannia elata
Photo: Salicyna, CC BY-SA 4.0

Rehmannia elata, the Chinese foxglove, is a hardy herbaceous perennial with pink tubular summer flowers, grown in borders for its height and show. Give it full sun to part shade and well-drained, moist soil.

Family
Rehmanniaceae (Rehmanni family)
Grows as
Perennial
Light
Full sun, Part shade
Water
Keep soil evenly moist during growth and water less in winter.
Soil
Fertile, well-drained loam.
Temperature
10–30 °C; hardy to about -15 °C
How easy
Easy

About

Rehmannia elata, the Chinese foxglove, is a species of flowering plant in the family Orobanchaceae, native to China. Growing to 150 cm (59 in) tall by 50 cm (20 in) broad, it is an herbaceous perennial with veined, hairy leaves and pink, tubular flowers with darker pink stripes in summer. The flowers bear a superficial resemblance to foxgloves, hence the common name "Chinese foxglove", which is also applied to the whole genus. However this species is not closely related to the true foxglove (Digitalis).

The plant has gained the Royal Horticultural Society's Award of Garden Merit.

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Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Rehmannia elata by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.

The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.

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