Foxglove

Digitalis purpurea f albiflora

• Position: partial shade
• Soil: humus-rich soil
• Rate of growth: average to fast
• Flowering period: June to July
• Hardiness: fully hard
  
  This elegant foxglove produces stately spires of of white, tubular flowers in June and July held above rosettes of large, hairy, dark green leaves. This pretty white foxglove is perfect for lighting up a shady border or for dotting through a mixed border among evergreen shrubs. Although it is a short-lived plant, given favourable conditions it will self-seed freely.
  
  

  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 5-7 cm (2-3in) mulch of well-rotted organic matter around the plant in early spring
  
  These plants are mainly biennial, although if happy they will produce plenty of new sideshoots and self-seed freely

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