Digitalis Lucas
£15.00
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notes
Foxgloves are a cottage garden staple and a wonderful addition to any garden, with tubular flowers, irresistible to bees. Digitalis Lucas has purple and pink flowers with speckled throats, above dark green clump-forming foliage.
Dimensions
- Pot size: 2L
- Height and Spread: 70cm (2ft 3in) x 40cm (1ft 3in) after 2-5 years
Features
notes
Foxgloves are a cottage garden staple and a wonderful addition to any garden, with tubular flowers, irresistible to bees. Digitalis Lucas has purple and pink flowers with speckled throats, above dark green clump-forming foliage.
Insights
Digitalis Lucas is a sterile variety which means that it will flower for longer (from May until late September) as it is not putting its energy into seed, thus no self seeding. Compact and well branched, Lucas is an ideal choice for container planting, and makes an excellent cut flower.
Details
- Flowers: May- June
- Hardy
Planting
- Well drained soil
- All aspects
- Full sun or partial sunlight
Care
- The main foxglove flower is called the ‘king’ flower; cut this back after flowering to encourage lower shoots to bloom, but before doing so allow the bees to do their busy work
- Highly toxic by ingestion. Wear gloves and wash hands after handling
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