There are some rumors that foxes like to dance at night wearing gloves and other accessories ... I love that idea about this plant. Foxglove is the native name for...
There are some rumors that foxes like to dance at night wearing gloves and other accessories ... I love that idea about this plant. Foxglove is the native name for this British flower and heart medicine. But I think of it as Digitalis Purpurea, because the name is closer to the Russian name I know - naperstianka or thimble flower. Of course this comes from the shape of the flower, which was perfected by thousands of years of natural selection to be a passage for the most preferable pollinator - the bumble bee. What an admirable goal! Foxgloves are always arching, heavy with pollinators and blooms, while the Fox is quietly sewing together healthy hearts with her magic thimbles ...