1 At birth, a blue whale calf is about the size of a hippopotamus. 2  A baby whale can drink up to 100 gallons of milk every day during its first seven months of life. 3  With that kind of diet, it should come as no surprise that a baby whale can gain up to 200 pounds a day.
The botanical name for common foxglove is Digitalis purpurea. Foxglove was brought to the United States by European migrants centuries ago. The plant has tube-shaped, spotted, purple flowers and grows to about five feet tall, with many large, thick, hairy leaves at the base of a tall stem. The variety grown in gardens varies in color from white to a deep rose. Digitalis is one of the most well known medicines derived from a plant. Today scientists are searching in jungles and tropical rain forests for other plants that may contain substances to cure cancer, hepatitis, AIDS, and other serious diseases.
8.00. Digitalis ferruginea Gelber Herold (Yellow Harbinger) is a perennial foxglove from the Balkans. Its tall spires of yellow-red flowers are veined in rusty red on the inside. Growing to five feet tall, this perennial foxglove could easily be the focal point and star of the garden.igitalis grandiflora is especially beautiful in my woodland garden where it can get a little shade. The flowers are large, and the yellow is a pleasing, soft buttery yellow-not the jolting yellow associated with summer flowers. It grows to about two feet in well-drained soil and partial shade. Zones 3-8.