Purples/Pink Bells of High Summer
The Foxglove (Digitalis purpurea) or Lus mór or Méirín púca in Irish displays its spikes of purple-pink bells from June to August. (1) The genus “Digitalis” derived from the Latin word “digitus” which means finger. A finger can easily be inserted into any of the tubular bells. The “fox” in foxglove may be derived from…