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Camelot Cream Foxglove

Digitalis purpurea 'Camelot Cream'

$13.98
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per Plant - 3" Pot
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ZONES  4-9 | Good to grow! Zone

Camelot Cream Foxglove delights with blooms in the first year, producing gorgeous spikes of creamy white flowers over a long season. Maroon throats contrast the white trumpets of this heavy bloomer. The best part of this Foxglove is its repeat performance – a second season of breathtaking blooms. A must-have Foxglove for cutting gardens and woodland borders. (Digitalis purpurea)

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Description

36-48" tall x 12-18" wide. Camelot Cream Foxglove (Digitalis) is an earlier and heavier blooming than other varieties, takes Digitalis to a whole new level. A vigorous hybrid, ‘Camelot Cream’ produces pillars of blooms all summer long. Hummingbirds and bees are drawn to the showy blossoms, while deer and rabbit avoid browsing the deep green foliage. As a reliable two-season bloomer, be sure to deadhead spent flowers in the first year by cutting back to the base. remove spent blooms by cutting back to the plant base. Allow second-year flowers to go to seed, encouraging plants to self-sow for future generations of Foxglove. Give Foxglove an acidic, well-drained soil and plenty of moisture. Select planting sites carefully as leaves and seeds of Foxglove (Digitalis) produce a powerful chemical used as a heart medicine but are toxic if ingested.

Planting & Care

The Foxglove Story The very important Wild Foxglove, Digitalis purpurea is a native of the UK, naturalized in the US, and famous for being used for Digitalis, the life-saving heart medicine. However, Wild Foxglove is a biennial which often makes it undependable in perennial plantings. But since the twenties, there have been beautiful perennial foxgloves too, a little shorter, but just as beautiful as the towering purpureas.

The great breakthrough came when a cross was accomplished in Merton, England in 1928 between the famous biennial wildflower and the perennial species, Digitalis grandiflora. The perennial foxglove has ever since been called Digitalis mertonensis, named after the town. However, Mertonensis gives us only one color.

Now, the Foxy Hybrids take their places in the foxglove line-up, bringing all the colors back with the biennial issue solved.

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Key Features

Light Requirements

  • Full Sun
  • Half Sun / Half Shade

Bloom Time

Late spring to mid summer

Advantages

  • Bee Friendly
  • Attracts Butterflies
  • Attracts Hummingbirds
  • Attracts Birds
  • Cut Flowers
  • Container Planting
  • Deer Resistant
  • Rabbit Resistant

Additional information

Mature Height

36-48" tall

Mature Spread

12-18" wide

Soil Type

  • Average Soil
  • Loamy Soil
  • Acidic Soil
  • Well-Drained Soil

Soil Moisture

  • Average
  • Moist / Wet

Planting Depth

The base of the stem(s) should be just at the soil surface after watering in

Planting Time

  • Spring / Summer

Plant Classification

Introduced Cultivar

Growing Zones

  • Zone 4
  • Zone 5
  • Zone 6
  • Zone 7
  • Zone 8
  • Zone 9

Poisonous or Toxic to Animals

All parts of plant are poisonous if ingested.

Neonicotinoid Free

Yes
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