Dalmatian Cream F1 Foxglove seeds

The 'Dalmatian Cream' F1 Digitalis belongs to a series of recent hybrid foxgloves, distinguished by a very rapid flowering, 4 to 5 months after sowing. This 'Cream' variety has a more compact habit than usual foxgloves, well-branched, and its white-cream coloured flowers show a very pale yellow throat speckled with purple. This hardy plant is usually biennial, but it grows very quickly and flowers a lot in late spring. Plant it in your flower beds or in the company of your bushes, preferably in partial shade and in a light, slightly acidic soil that remains moist.

'Dalmatian Cream' F1 Digitalis is a recent cultivar derived, among others, from the Digitalis purpurea, a plant from the Scrophulariaceae family common throughout northern Europe. It is a short-lived biennial to perennial herbaceous plant that develops in spring a large rosette 45cm (17.7in) in diameter, with pubescent, dark green, dentate-crenate leaves, whose lower surface is networked. They are covered with slightly woolly, very light hairs. After a few months, usually in May-June, several hollow but sturdy stems emerge from each rosette to carry dense floral spikes up to 50cm (19.7in) in height, adorned with numerous large tubular flowers that open from bottom to top. Each bell-shaped flower welcomes a ballet of bees and bumblebees, tirelessly coming to feed on nectar and pollen. Their pastel colours are refined, enhanced by small purple-violet spots in the throat. If faded flowers are regularly removed, the flowering can renew itself in successive waves until September.

Plant the 'Dalmatian Cream' F1 Digitalis in dappled sun or partial shade, in humus-rich and moist soil, in the company of old roses, or perennials with single flowers such as columbines, Centaureas, Astrantias, or meadow rues. This floriferous and compact variety will allow you to enjoy its flowering for a long time in a large pot on the terrace or along a flower bed, next to a flower path... This plant will also accompany perennial geraniums, Heucheras, and the feathery foliage of ferns in light woodland. Enjoy this marvel in your home as well, by making delightful bouquets.

Attention, seeds reserved for very experienced gardeners who are used to sowing very fine seeds. These seeds are as fine as dust, barely visible to the naked eye.