Plant name: Digitalis Purpurea
Other names: Foxglove 'Sutton's Apricot'
Category: Semi-evergreen biennial
Plant family: Plantaginaceae
Light preference: Full sun/partial shade/full shade
Soil preference: Chalk, clay, loam, sand. Acid, Alkaline, Neutral. Moist but well-drained/well-drained.
Flowering/fruiting month: May - July
Size:
- 1-1.5 metres height
- 0.1-0.5 metres spread
Description: 'Sutton's Apricot' is a semi-evergreen biennial (occasionally short-lived perennial), to 1.5m tall, with soft green leaves and large, erect spikes of creamy yellowish-pink bells, each 4cm long.
Care: Grow in almost any soil except very wet or very dry, although humus-rich soil in part shade is preferred. Propagate by seed sown in containers/in situ in late spring. Deadhead after flowering unless seed is required.
Current appearance:
