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Digitalis Elsey Kelsey

Digitalis Elsey Kelsey

Common name: Foxglove

Eye-catching and dramatic

-15 to -20°C

Good Cut Flowers

Good for Pollinators

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	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: 45cm.

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Key Information

Latin Name	Digitalis 'Elsie Kelsey'
Common Name	Foxglove
Hardiness	H6 (-15 to -20°C)
Colour	White
Format	Young Plants
Position	Full-Shade, Full-Sun, Part-Shade, Part-Sun
Foliage	Semi-Evergreen
Height in Maturity (m)	1.20 m
Spread in Maturity (m)	0.45
Soil Conditions	Chalk Clay Loam Sand
Soil Acidity	Acid Alkaline Neutral
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