 | | | Shade Loving Perennials: Foxglove (Digitalis)
Biennial, highly toxic if eaten. Beautiful tall spikes of purple flowers in the second year, with spotted markings leading pollinating insects inside. A prolific nectar source for bumblebees, and a food plant for moth and butterfly caterpillars, foxgloves wil seed prolifically, and thrive in shady spots. Shown are wild foxgloves on Pentire Point, Cornwall; we offer Digitalis purpurea in our herb collections.
Varieties:
grandiflora: pale yellow flowers
x mertonensis: deep salmon-pink
purpurea albiflora: white form of the common foxglove
If we cannot find exactly the variety you would like in the nursery at the moment and we can find a very close alternative, we hope it is acceptable to supply it in lieu. Before we do so, however, we will ask you if you would be happy to accept a substitute.
Flowers: May - July
Soil type: Moist, humus rich
Supplier : Burncoose Nurseries
We donate half of our profit on sales of this product to The Bumblebee Conservation Trust
Please note: there is a minimum purchase of 3 of each variety and a minimum overall order size of £50.
Our nectar and pollen plants have been chosen in association with the Bumblebee Conservation Trust, British Beekeepers’ Association and Butterfly Conservation, who benefit from any sales. Please also see our wildflower and grass seed mixes, which include a Bumblebee mix, Pollen and Nectar Mix and Butterfly and Moth Wildflower Mix. We sell a number of plants in this section which provide important late and early nectar and pollen, for which also see our bulbs and non-native trees.
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