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Dalmatian Peach Foxglove

Digitalis purpurea 'Dalmatian Peach'

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Dalmatian Peach Foxglove adds soft color and elegant structure to the garden. Spikes of bell-shaped blooms open a lovely shade of pink and fade to pale peach with age. Small orange freckles dot the throat of each blossom. A graceful cut flower, harvest stems when just the lowest blooms are open. Hummingbirds and bees adore these early season blooms. (Digitalis purpurea)

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Description

24-36" tall x 10-12" wide. Dalmatian Peach Foxglove (Digitalis) is fast-growing, robust and accents the garden with pillars of color from early to mid-summer. Deep green basal foliage forms a low mound, sending up sturdy flower spikes in the first year. Unlike many Foxgloves, ‘Dalmatian Peach’ readily produces two years of blooms. In the first season, remove spent blooms by cutting back to the plant base. Deadheading conserves plant resources and promotes overwintering. Allow plants to produce seed in the second year to encourage self-sowing and a future generation of Foxglove. Plants perform best on moist, rich soils. Do not allow soils to dry out. Plant Dalmatian Peach Foxglove in masses in the cottage garden or naturalize in woodland settings. Plants are deer and rabbit resistant. 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

Early to mid summer

Advantages

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

Additional information

Mature Height

24-36" tall

Mature Spread

10-12" wide

Soil Type

  • Average Soil
  • Loamy Soil
  • Clay 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

Additional Information

Biennial. Blooms first year.

Poisonous or Toxic to Animals

All parts of plant are poisonous if ingested.
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