Digitalis purpurea Excelsior Group

foxglove Excelsior Group

• 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: purple, pink, creamy-yellow or white
• Hardiness: fully hardy
  
  Incredibly tall flower spikes appear throughout summer bearing large, tubular, purple, pink, creamy-yellow or white flowers, each with maroon or purple spotted throats. Try dotting these pastel-coloured foxgloves through the back of a large cottage-style border or leave them to self-seed and form clumps in a woodland setting.
  
  All parts of the plant may cause severe discomfort if ingested and contact with the foliage may irritate skin.
  
  
• Garden care:Lightly press the seed onto the surface of a well-watered seed compost in mid to late spring and keep in a cold frame. When large enough to handle, pot on into individual cells and once they have developed a decent basal rosette of foliage they can be hardened off before planting out. They will usually start to flower in their second year.
  
  
• Sow: March-May
  
  
• Flowering: June-July
  
  
• Approximate quantity: 1000 seeds.