Dalmatian Peach F1 Digitalis - Digitalis purpurea seeds

The 'Dalmatian Peach' Foxglove is a low variety with long clusters of delicate peach to apricot pink flowers with a white and pink-spotted throat.

Digitalis purpurea is the wild species that we encounter in clearings, forest edges, or simply along a path when the forest becomes less dense. It is a biennial or sometimes ephemeral perennial plant of the Scrophulariaceae family, forming a basal clump 20 to 40cm (7.9 - 15.7in) wide in the first year. In the second year, it produces tall flower spikes that can reach 2m (6.6ft). Then the plants naturally replace themselves through self-seeding.

The foxglove is easily recognizable by its finger-shaped flowers, a form that gave rise to its scientific and common names: fairy thimbles, witch's gloves, lady's gloves, gantillier, etc. The flowers are tubular corollas, 4 to 5cm (1.6 - 2in) long, with fused petals, usually pendant with a slight upward inflection that reveals the throat.

The 'Dalmatian Peach' Foxglove belongs to the horticultural series 'Dalmatian' derived from Digitalis purpurea, with the particularity that its height is significantly shorter than the typical variety. It produces large peach to apricot bell-shaped flowers with a white and pink-spotted throat from June to September. It blooms from bottom to top and offers nectar to bees and bumblebees.

At maturity, reaching 60cm (23.6in), the 'Dalmatian Peach' Foxglove will be ideal as pastel accents in border plantings or to delineate different areas in small gardens. It is not very demanding in terms of soil, although it prefers humus-bearing and moist soils, but it especially fears water stagnation. It should be positioned in partial shade at the edges of forests, in sparsely wooded areas, or in an alpine garden.

The reputation of the foxglove flower is surrounded by controversy. Used for white or black magic purposes according to legends, all are related to the presence of digitalis in all parts of the plant. It has since been found to be a powerful cardiac tonic still used in the pharmaceutical industry.

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