Digitalis purpurea 'Camelot Cream' (Camelot Series)

foxglove

size: 2 litre pot

available to order from spring 2012

£7.99

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CAUTION toxic if eaten

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• Position:full sun to partial shade
• Soil: moist, humus-rich soil
• Rate of growth: average to fast-growing
• Flowering period: May to July
• Flower colour: creamy white
• Hardiness: fully hardy
  
  Masses of creamy white, bell-like flowers, that are heavily freckled inside with rich maroon, crowd around the upright flowerspike from early summer. Deadheading after the first flush of flowers has faded will usually encourage secondary flower spikes to appear.
  
  All parts of the plant may cause severe discomfort if ingested and contact with the foliage may irritate skin.
  
  
• Garden care: Ensure that the soil is kept moist in summer. After flowering cut back the flowered spikes to encourage more sideshoots. Cut down to the ground after flowering. Apply a generous 5-7cm (2-3in) mulch of well-ro tted organic matter around the plant in early spring.
  
  These plants are mainly biennial, although they will produce plenty of new sideshoots and self-seed freely.
  • Eventual Height: 1.2m
  • Eventual Spread: 0.6m
  Digitalis purpurea 'Camelot Cream' (Camelot Series) - foxglove Perfect for the edge of a woodland