Yes, fresh floxglove flowers were needed for this potion. Vi had looked ahead indeed and had been wondering when they would be adding said ingredient to the mix. 4 grams of petals only. They were a lovely purple colour. Rich indeed. After the Professor had given the instructions, Vi got to her feet and then brought her small scale over to the table that had the foxgloves. Olivia placed her bowl on the scale, zeroed it out, and then began her inspection of the leaves. She carefully plucked a few leaves and placed them in the bowl until she had reached four grams worth of the foxglove. Good. That was done. Now time to return to her work station.

Vi then gently picked up the petals in her fingers and then scrunched them up as if she was scrunching up a piece of paper into a ball. She squished and squeezed them firmly before picking up her knife. Then she rocked the knife back and forth, holding onto it gently as she chopped up the petals into smaller and smaller petals. With the petals coarsely chopped up, she placed them into the simmering concoction and then picked up her wooden spoon and performed three counterclockwise stirs. One. Two. Three.

With each stir, the concoction became a mid- purple and then a deep purple and then finally a nice dark purple. Perfect. She admired her work and then proceeded to the nearest sink to scrub her hands until they were clean and hopefully rid of any toxicity from the foxgloves.