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Foxglove Alba Seeds

Botanical Name: Digitalis purpurea f. albiflora

Elegant spires of pure white flowers
Excellent for cottage borders and cutting
RHS Award of Garden Merit
Attractive to pollinators

1000 seedsSKU: 16800

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Foxglove Alba produces stately spires of pure white, bell-shaped flowers that bring height and elegance to cottage-style borders and lightly shaded planting. A classic hardy biennial, it is valuable for cutting and its nectar-rich flowers are attractive to pollinators. Allow some plants to set seed if you would like them to naturalise. Caution: toxic if eaten.

Key information

Botanical Name: Digitalis purpurea f. albiflora

Genus: Foxglove

Plant Class: Hardy Biennial

Characteristics & growing conditions

Plant Height: 150

Colour: White

Habitat: Tall

Position: Full Sun and Partial Shade

Attractive to: Attractive To Bees and Attractive To Butterflies

Sow outdoors April-July in a prepared seed bed, 0.5cm deep. Thin seedlings as necessary and transplant to their flowering positions in September, spacing around 25-40cm apart. Alternatively sow indoors April-July, potting seedlings on individually before hardening off and planting out. Flowers the following year, typically June-September. Caution: toxic if eaten.

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