Digitalis Species, Foxglove

Plant Care:
Cut the flowering spike to the base as it finishes and several smaller spikes will appear, extending t...Read Morehe bloom time. Leave new fall growth at the base of the plant to overwinter.

Seed package came labelled as hardy for zone 6. First year rosettes were lush and happy, but one good sub-zero (F) winter freeze killed ...Read Morethem all. Disappointing.

Often listed as D. purpurea 'Heywoodii' it's a form that may be found growing wild in southern Portugal.

It has very downy...Read More, silvery leaves and spikes of white, blushed pale pink flowers with delicately spotted throats. It's quite a variable plant in it's colour shading and leaf hairiness.

It's not vary hardy at all and prefers a more well drained soil than the species and copes quite well with more sun too. Bring indoors over winter as it's not too keen on winter wet.