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Digitalis Elsey Kelsey

Common name: Foxglove

Grow the stunning Digitalis purpurea 'Elsie Kelsey' (Pams Choice) for a show-stopping display of vibrant purple blooms.

-20°C and below
Good Cut Flowers
Good for Pollinators

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Young Plants
3 for £13.00
just £4.33 each
5 for £15.00
just £3.00 each
10 for £18.00
just £1.80 each
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The award-winning Digitalis 'Elsie Kelsey' has been heralded as one of the most exciting new foxgloves in recent years, and it is easy to see why. From early to mid-summer in it sends up large spires of white flowers with contrasting, maroon-blotched throats. The results are striking and perfect for adding bold, vertical accents towards the back of a border. We love seeing its markings chime with the matching tones of Sambucus nigra, surrounded with other cottage garden favourites such as persicaria, hesperis, anthriscus and aquilegia. As a biennial, Digitalis 'Elsie Kelsey' produces a rosette of leaves in its first year (which remain over winter), and flowers in its second year. Allowing it to self-seed by leaving seedheads on the plant should ensure an ongoing presence in the garden, though if there are other digitalis growing nearby the new plants are unlikely to be identical to 'Elsie Kelsey'.For best results grow in humus-rich, moist, well-draining soil in light dappled shade. While beautiful 'Elsie Kelsey' is also tough, able to withstand an exposed spot and hardy to between -15 and -20 C. H: 1.2m S: 50cm.
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Key Information
Latin Name Digitalis Elsey Kelsey YP
Common Name Foxglove
Hardiness H7 (-20°C and below)
Colour White
Format Young Plants
Position Full-Shade, Full-Sun, Part-Shade, Part-Sun
Soil Conditions Chalk Clay Loam Sand
Aspect East-facing, North-facing, South-facing, West-facing
Good for pots Yes
Good for wildlife Yes
Good for pollinators Yes
Good for cutting Yes

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