How to Use foxglove in a Sentence

foxglove

noun
  • This includes plants like bee balm, black-eyed Susan, columbine, foxglove, and lupine.
    — Lauren Landers, Better Homes & Gardens, 11 Jan. 2026
  • Use caution when growing foxgloves around children or pets as all parts of the plant are toxic.
    — Kim Toscano, Southern Living, 17 Feb. 2026
  • Cut down flowers like foxglove or shrubs like roses right to the soil to give them the chance to grow back better next year.
    — Stephanie Osmanski, Better Homes & Gardens, 17 Oct. 2023
  • The apartment was small, but light poured in from the bedroom window with a view of a foxglove tree below.
    — Ronda Kaysen, New York Times, 30 Jan. 2024
  • The cardiac medicine Digoxin, for instance, is from a plant called foxglove.
    — Doug Williams, sandiegouniontribune.com, 25 June 2018
  • Avoid plants toxic to dogs such as sago palm, oleander, foxglove and azaleas.
    — Ryan Brennan, Kansas City Star, 2 July 2026
  • Some plants do well in full shade but require dappled light, like common impatiens, columbine, and foxglove.
    — Steve Bender, Southern Living, 17 Apr. 2026
  • No cottage garden is complete without the tall, stately blooms of foxglove.
    — Terri Robertson, Country Living, 18 Jan. 2023
  • Add marigolds, foxglove, or sweet peas nearby to increase the number of bumblebees in the garden.
    — Mary Marlowe Leverette, Southern Living, 16 June 2026
  • Build height and an organic shape with tall foxglove stems, and fill in dead space with snapdragons in pretty pinks and oranges.
    — Maria Sabella, Better Homes & Gardens, 29 Apr. 2026
  • The site can be planted to other summer flowers, New foxgloves can be added in late fall or winter for spring bloom.
    — Tom MacCubbin, The Orlando Sentinel, 2 May 2026
  • Dubow says that aside from lilies, foxglove, larkspur, lantana, and autumn crocus are among the most dangerous.
    — Cori Sears, The Spruce, 13 May 2026
  • Meanwhile, a Christmas fern rejoiced in the spot the foxgloves had rejected.
    — Perdita Buchan, The Christian Science Monitor, 24 May 2017
  • After flowering, foxgloves, columbine and delphiniums should be pulled up.
    — NOLA.com, 27 Jan. 2018
  • Surfaces were covered by huge arrangements of purple foxgloves, hellebores, and sweet peas.
    — John Wogan, Travel + Leisure, 11 Apr. 2026
  • Some gardeners use foxglove in borders or as a colorful showpiece.
    — Samantha Johnson, Martha Stewart, 7 June 2026
  • The strong vertical of a verbasicum or foxglove will act as an exclamation point.
    — Amy Merrick, WSJ, 26 Apr. 2018
  • Summer To add height to your wildflower garden, the common foxglove is a perfect pick.
    — Ashley Chalmers, The Spruce, 26 Apr. 2026
  • Examples of these herbs include foxglove, oleander, and lily-of-the-valley.
    — Kirstyn Hill, Pharmd, Mph, Health, 6 Jan. 2025
  • For the latter, check out things like bee balms, columbines, lupines, foxgloves, hollyhocks, cleomes, impatiens and petunias.
    — Jeff Lowenfels, Anchorage Daily News, 20 Feb. 2020
  • The Sandplain agalinis, also known as the Sandplain false foxglove, is one of those rare species.
    — Gregory B. Hladky, courant.com, 22 Aug. 2017
  • With is vibrant, towering spikes, foxglove is one of the most striking spring and summertime blooms for shady locations.
    — Lauren David, Southern Living, 4 June 2026
  • The tubular flowers of foxglove are the perfect drinking vessel for hummingbirds.
    — Terri Robertson, Country Living, 24 June 2022
  • Camelot foxglove, both Louisiana Super Plants, are best for our area.
    — Dan Gill, NOLA.com, 25 Nov. 2020
  • Each filled with delphiniums, garden roses, peonies, foxgloves and clematis.
    — Lilah Ramzi, Vogue, 3 Aug. 2018
  • Contained within these borders are a luscious mix of lupines, roses, foxgloves, peonies and delphiniums.
    — Blue Carreon, Forbes, 11 Mar. 2025
  • To maintain a persistent patch of foxgloves, avoid deadheading and allow plants to set seed after flowering.
    — Kim Toscano, Southern Living, 11 July 2024
  • To maintain a persistent patch of foxgloves, avoid deadheading and allow plants to set seed after flowering.
    — Kim Toscano, Southern Living, 12 May 2026
  • And yet the tradeoff for getting to see the bluebells was being too early for the roses, peonies, foxgloves, and summer wildflowers.
    — Amy Waldman, Travel + Leisure, 9 Mar. 2026
  • The tall and stately foxgloves also add lovely vertical interest to any garden, Martha says.
    — Michele Laufik, Martha Stewart, 1 June 2026

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