digitalis
foxgloves
purpurea is a biennial or short-lived perennial, freely self-sowing, with a rosette of softly hairy, oval leaves and tall, one-sided spires of pendant, tubular, bright rosy-purple flowers 6cm long, spotted within, in summer
Classification
Common Names: foxgloves
Family: Plantaginaceae
Variety: Purpurea, Purpurea f albiflora (white) ,lantana, Grandiflora (yellow), laevigata (decidious - yellow)
digitalis 3.JPG: 2001-06-07 Common foxgloves shady border |
Propagation Notes
Plant Type: Bi-annual
Propagation: Seed
Hardiness: Tender H7 - H10 (+0)
Flowering Season: Mid summer
Grow in almost any soil,but avoid very wet or very dry situations. Prefers a humus-rich soil in partial shade but will grow in full sun. Deadhead after flowering to avoid problems with excess numbers of seedlings.
1,5m; full sun, semi shade sow july, Aug and plant out Sept, Oct Grow Digitalis purpurea in moist but well-drained soil in sun to shade. Allow plants to seed before cutting back the flowering stem – this may encourage a second flush of blooms to grow.
full sun, semi shade,full shade .5-1m Digitalis grandiflora has been awarded the Royal Horticultural Society’s Award of Garden Merit (AGM). Sowing: Sow indoors in late winter to spring or sow directly outdoors in late summer to autumn Sow seeds on the surface of a peaty soil. Do not cover or bury seeds as the seed needs light to germinate, just press seeds lightly into the earth.
Smooth foxgloves Digitalis laevigata is a deciduous perennial, forming a basal clump of oval, dark green leaves, with erect leafy stems bearing loose racemes of brown-veined, light yellow flowers in summer. yellow, brown 1m full sun, semi shade. The seeds oflaevigata Digitalis can be planted out in the middle of spring or autumn. They should be sown on the surface at about 50 cm apart. They like to grow in the sun but it is probably best to grow them in an area that is partially shaded in the afternoon
20190618_061859.jpg: 2020-11-14 Foxgloves seedlings |
109_0928.jpg: 2020-11-14 foxgloves |
digitalis 5.JPG: 2001-06-07 Common foxgloves |
DSCF1290.jpg: 2020-11-14 |
11 May 2003259.jpg: 2020-11-14 |
digitalis 2.JPG: 2001-06-07 Mixed foxgloves sunny border |
LerouxGarden07.jpg: 2002-07-12 white foxgloves |
20190504_103950.jpg: 2020-11-14 foxgloves seedling - signs of too wet |
digitalis.JPG: 2001-06-14 Pink foxgloves |
2020-12-26_19-38-08.png: 2020-12-26 Foxgloves Snow Thimble seed packet |
2020-12-26_19-18-51.png: 2020-12-26 Foxgloves Seed packet |
2020-12-26_19-23-37.png: 2020-12-26 Foxgloves Excelsior seed packet |
DSC01304.jpg: 2020-11-14 foxgloves in bloom pink |
2024-02-07: germination is taking place. moving the new hatchlings to under lights indoors. Germination of all three varieties is more or less at the same time
2024-01-25: sow seed in pods indoors
2024-01-01: Received seed in Jan 2023 but never managed to sow it in 2023 sowing year. This included three varieties: White, laevigata, and grandiflora
2024-01-25: Sow RHS seed for digitalis purpurea f. albiflora - white; Digitalis Laevigata and Digital Grandiflora. This later winter sowing is an experiment as it is more common to sow this in August
2023-10-22: After reading up more about sowing Digitalis , I realise I am too late for it. Will sow them in the spring to be planted out next autumn.
Image2250: 2020-11-14 foxgloves seedlings |