Digitalis × fulva in the UK under its synonym "Digitalis" × "mertonensis", has gained the Royal Horticultural Society's Award of Garden Merit. Digitalis × fulva Digitalis" × "fulva, the strawberry foxglove, is a fertile hybrid between "Digitalis grandiflora" and "Digitalis purpurea". This perennial herbaceous plant reaches on average a height of . The erect stems rise from a semi-evergreen basal rosette of soft leaves. It has typical tall spikes of large tubular flowers. The color ranges from strawberry pink (hence the common name) to mauve. The flowering period extends from late spring to early summer. It prefers neutral or mildly acidic substrate and
Nothing comes from nothing the song "Something Good", which contains the lyrics: "Nothing comes from nothing / nothing ever could". Although the song is devoid of intentional metaphysical connotations, Maria's time in Nonnberg Abbey would have familiarized her with the phrase, which is used in Catholic philosophy to explain God's gratuitous act of , namely, that only the source of all being can give creation its existence. Earlier in the film, in the well-known song "Maria", Maria's fellow nuns lament that there is "many a thing she ought to understand" and that she is "not an asset to the abbey". It is unclear if