Perennial Foxgloves Collection

Perennial Foxgloves Collection

Lofty spires.

 
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Available in the following states:
ACT, NSW, NT, QLD, SA, VIC and WA

These tall, showy plants are a striking addition to the garden because they add a nice element of vertical colour. Foxgloves, or Digitalis look best grouped toward the middle or back of a bed, where their tall blossoms will create moments of joy.

Foxglove blooms start to open at the bottom of the stalks and gradually move upward, providing fantastic, successive colour over the weeks. Once they have finished flowering they set seed and die, leaving the seed behind for future generations.

Plant Foxgloves into well drained soil, water in and keep moist in active growth. They should be sheltered from the hot afternoon sun. This short lived perennial sets viable seed which can be left to naturalise, or collected for sowing. They will flower from the seed in their second year.

Our tip – if you are keen to cut the flowers and want to get the best longevity, cut them in the morning, when the florets are one third to half open. Put them into water right away or they tend to wilt.

The individual flowers are about the size and shape of a thimble. Fairies are said to have sewn gloves for foxes from their petals, so they could sneak in and steal the chickens.

Perennial Foxglove Collection, one of each variety separately labelled. Includes ‘Berrgold’, ‘Pam’s Choice’, ‘Pink Gin’, ‘Pink Panther’, ‘Cafe Creme’ and ‘Goldcrest’.

Perennial Foxglove


Supplied as: Pots
Size: 10 cm

Code

DIGCN

Botantical name

Digitalis purpurea

Height

100-150cm

Width

50cm

Flowers

Late Spring to summer

Climate

Cool to Mediterranean

Availability

Unavailable in TAS

Frost hardiness

Fully Hardy

Aspect

Full Sun to Semi Shade

Supplied as

Pots

Size

10 cm

Water needs

1