COMING SOON! OUR 2025 CATALOG IS ARRIVING IN JANUARY!
Skip to the content
SELECT SEEDS

We're getting ready for the new year!

We have been busy packing our favorite flower seeds and gearing up for another amazing year. Stay tuned for back in stock seeds and plants for 2025 plus over 75 new varieties!
Chinese Foxglove
Chinese Foxglove
Seed Packet

Chinese Foxglove

Rehmannia angulata
One of my favorites, Rehmannia produces spikes of gloxinia-shaped flowers in a delicious raspberry color, its yellow throats dotted inside with carmine. The textured leaves grow in rosettes and turn deep red in fall, spreading readily by runners where hardy. Its roots hold potent medicinal properties, part of traditional Chinese medicine. Listed in a 1915 seed catalog for florists, it has captured the hearts of generations of gardeners.
SKU #S252
$4.00
Currently Unavailable
Notify Me When Available
Growing Companions
Foxglove - Rusty 'Gigantea Gelber Herold'
Foxglove - Rusty 'Gigantea Gelber Herold'
Lady's Mantle 'Robustica'
Lady's Mantle 'Robustica'
Schizanthus 'Mariposita'
Schizanthus 'Mariposita'
Lunaria - Honesty Mix
Lunaria - Honesty Mix
Details
Approximate Seeds Per Packet
150
Lifecycle
Annual; tender perennial
Perennial Hardiness Zone
7,
8,
9,
10
Annual Hardiness
Half Hardy Annual
Mature Size
2-2.5' h x 10" w
Sun
Full sun to partial shade
Soil
Rich, well-drained
Season
Summer to fall
Color
Raspberry pink trumpet blooms
Features
Great for containers
Great Cut Flower
Attracts Bees
Attracts Hummingbirds
Notable
RHS Award of Garden Merit Winner
SOWING INSTRUCTIONS
Depth:
Surface sow; requires light to germinate.
Sprout Time:
5-15 days
Seed To Bloom:
16-20 weeks
Starting Indoors:
Recommended. Start indoors 10-12 weeks before last frost. Keep at 60-70°F.
Starting Outdoors:
Direct sow in early spring.
WHEN TO SET OUTSIDE
After last spring frost.
PLACEMENT & CULTIVATION
Chinese foxglove's flaring trumpets of raspberry bloom for months in summer, unlike digitalis or foxgloves springtime only show. Delicate looking but a strong grower, the rosettes of deep green leaves increase readily where happy, producing a succession of flowering spikes and turning shades of red in the fall. A welcome addition to shade gardens, edges of woodlands, containers and sunny cottage gardens, it also is a good cut flower. Deadhead or allow to self-sow.
Final Spacing:
1'
Water Requirements:
Medium Water Use
Watering Details:
Keep moist. About 1" per week, especially during dry periods.
Soil pH:
Slightly acid to neutral
Fertilizer:
Mix about 2-4" of compost into soil prior to planting.
Diseases & Pests:
No major problems.
When to Cut for Bouquets:
Cut when 2-3 flowers on the stem are open.