Digitalis purpurea ‘Dalmatian Peach’ AGM

A lovely collection of colours, this selection is a mixed range of compact flowering Foxgloves in a range of shades from pale orange yellow to peach with orange speckled throats. The flowers begin in early summer and continue through to August, reaching a height of 60cm. The foliage is a pale green and the flowers are bell shaped on an upright spike. This unique plant is a semi-evergreen biennial or short lived herbaceous perennial, and is hardy in zones H7 (-15 and lower).

• Height:Easily maintained to60cm
• Spread:Easily maintained to 50cm
• Foliage Colour:Pale green foliage
• Flower Colour:Mix of colours frompale orange yellow to peachbell shaped flowers on a upright spike
• Soil Type:Moist, well drained, sandy, loam, chalk, clay
• Position:Full Suntofullshade
• Hardiness:Hardy, H7 (-15 and lower)
• Type:Semi-evergreen biennial or Short livedHerbaceous perennial

Digitalis (commonly known as the Foxglove) is a fantastic Genus of plants to use in the garden. The purpurea forms are most commonly used, and there are a lovely range of varieties which give true colours as well as mixed forms giving a range of colours from a single clump. These plants prefer a moist, rich, free draining soil and are happy from semi-shade through to full sun. The flowers are highly useful to wildlife and support all manner of insects which are beneficial to the garden as a whole.

Supplied in either a 9cm pot or 2 Litre pot, please select from the drop down menu when ordering. These plants give a range of heights and can be used to create interest through the mid border, best planted in clumps or drifts the spires of flowers will give interest throughout summer. The flower spikes can be left over winter to give protection for insects and to give interest in the border through the winter months, the seed pods can be collected and sown or spread around the border to replace older plants as they can be short lived.