Foxglove 'Pink Gin'

The cream petals have strong blushes of pink and apricot that blend to the most perfect pastel shades before ever so gradually turning white. The whole effect is spectacular. The highly pickable flowers mass together on one side of the strong stems.

Digitalis ‘Pink Gin’ can produce up to ten stems in a season. Around 5-7 of these are an ideal/full size. Use a knife to cut the stem at the base as the flowers fade/or to put them in a vase.

These tall, showy, biennial 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.

Plant Foxgloves into well drained soil, water in and keep moist in active growth. 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 to reduce 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.