Digitalis Illumination....A new Foxglove to me.
By Paulspatch
- 3 Jul, 2016
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I've had a pleasant surprise with this Foxglove that I planted earlier this spring. It really is lovely. Different to the usual biennials that we see a lot of. This is a short lived perennial but I suspect, being half hardy, it may well succumb to my wet cold soil in the winter.
Another downside is that the label says it grows to 90cm height (approx 3 feet) but it has only reached around 50cm. That, combined with me mixing up the labels of my Japanese Anemones and planting ,what has turned out to be, a tall one in front of this means the foxglove can only be seen from certain angles but it's well worth walking up the garden to view.
The flowers are a pink colour with a pale apricot/cream speckled inner. The photo doesn't really do the colours justice.
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Thanks Olive Oil, it is..
Much nicer, actually, than the photo shows!
3 Jul, 2016
A very unusual Foxglove, Paul. Very pretty.
3 Jul, 2016
Great looking 2 tone digitalis
4 Jul, 2016
Thanks.......I've researched today and discovered it was actually RHS Chelsea flower show 'Plant of The Year' in 2012. I had no idea when I bought it. I'm sure it isn't mentioned on the label which is surprising.
4 Jul, 2016
very nice and different Paul ...
4 Jul, 2016
Thanks Amy....certainly different.
4 Jul, 2016
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very pretty!
3 Jul, 2016