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Please note once despatched, your delivery may take 1-3 days due to the high volume with the couriers. Your plants will be fine during this time.
Full plant information & availability is shown online.
The nursery is now open to the public between 10am and 4pm. Please follow instructions on site, card payments only, no cash. Click and collect is also available.
THE CAFE & GARDENS ARE CLOSED TO THE PUBLIC UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE
Last updated 14/05/20 10:00.
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Sorry, you cannot proceed to the checkout right now as we are having to limit the number of orders we can process each hour. Your basket will be saved for you - we ask that you please try to place your order later, and thank you for your patienceDIGITALIS purpurea albiflora
Commonly known as Common foxglove, Dead men's bells, Fairy thimbles
Pure white
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Height - 1.2m (4ft) -
Spread - 60cm (24in)
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Herbaceous - Early in the year, typically January till end of March, herbaceous plants might be supplied in 9cm pots to ensure timely despatch. - very variable biennial or short lived perennial. Ovate to lance-shaped, usually toothed, dark- green or sometimes white-woolly leaves 10-25cm (4-10in) long. Produces flowers to 6cm (2½in) long in one-sided spikes.
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Hardy - cold winter - Hardy in most places throughout the UK even in severe winters. May not withstand open/exposed sites or central/northern locations. Plant can withstand temperatures down to -15°C (5°F) -
Partial shade -
Caution, toxic if eaten - Do not eat these plants. -
Additional Features - Good to know - - white form of our common foxglove. Popularised by Gertrude Jekyll in her white planting schemes. Wildlife plant - bees, caterpillars of butterflies and moths. -
Pests & Diseases - leaf spot, powdery mildew. -
Place of origin - Europe. -
Hardiness - Fully hardy -
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Seasonal Interest - Summer -
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Soil Conditions - Tolerates all - - except very wet or dry. Most prefer humus-rich soil.
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Wildlife - Bee friendly - -
Rabbit Resistant
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