Digitalis purpurea Apricot - Foxglove
Digitalis purpurea Apricot - Foxglove
Digitalis purpurea Apricot
Common Foxglove, Purple Foxglove, Lady's Glove
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Description
Digitalis purpurea 'Apricot' is a beautiful variety. This hardy biennial produces magnificent spike-like inflorescences in a rare shade of deep apricot-tinged beige. They bloom above a deep green rosette of sturdy ovate leaves. These plants are found in open woodlands, colonising well-drained, humus-bearing soils. It is usually grown as a biennial, but it is perennial if the flowers are pruned before seed formation.
'Apricot' is a cultivar derived from Digitalis purpurea, a plant in the Plantaginaceae family. It is a biennial herbaceous plant that can become perennial, developing a 45cm (18in) diameter rosette in spring. The leaves are dark green, crenate-dentate, and covered in slightly woolly, light-coloured hairs. The underside of the leaves is networked and wrinkled. In May-June of the second year, up to 5 hollow but sturdy stems emerge from the rosette, reaching a height of 1.4m (5ft). They bear a dense flowering spike composed of numerous tightly packed tubular flowers that open from bottom to top. Each bell-shaped flower attracts a ballet of bees and bumblebees, tirelessly collecting nectar and pollen. The colour is rare and particularly captivating. It is a beautiful beige-tinged pink, washed with apricot, and speckled and punctuated with purple.
Plant 'Apricot' in dappled sunlight or partial shade, in humus-rich and moist soil. It looks wonderful alongside old roses or perennials with single flowers, such as columbines, centaureas, astrantias, or meadow rues. This robust variety will flower for a long time in a large pot on a patio. This magnificent plant, as wild as it is romantic, also pairs well with perennial geraniums, heucheras, and the feathery foliage of ferns in light woodlands. Take advantage of this wonder by creating sumptuous bouquets for your home.
Attention! The seeds are reserved for highly experienced gardeners accustomed to sowing very fine seeds. These seeds are as fine as dust and barely visible to the naked eye.
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Botanical data
Digitalis
purpurea
Apricot
Scophulariaceae
Common Foxglove, Purple Foxglove, Lady's Glove
Cultivar or hybrid
ingestion
Cette plante est toxique si elle est ingérée volontairement ou involontairement.
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Planting and care
Sow the seeds from January to May, on the surface of good, moist, well-draining compost. Lightly cover the seeds with vermiculite. Place in a mini-greenhouse or a polyethylene bag until the seeds germinate. Keep them at a temperature of 18 to 29°C (64.4 to 84.2°F). Keep the seedlings close to the light, as this facilitates germination. Germination usually takes 14 to 30 days. Transplant the plants when they are large enough to handle into 8cm (3in) diameter trays or pots. Gradually acclimatise the plants to cooler conditions for a few weeks before planting them after all risk of frost has passed. Space them 45 to 60cm (18 to 24in) apart. Foxgloves grown from early sowings may sometimes flower in their first year.
Purple foxgloves and their varieties prefer partial shade and acidic, loose, humus-rich soil that is not too rich. They are very hardy plants, but their lifespan is quite short. They self-seed abundantly in the garden, but the resulting plants are rarely identical to the parent plants when it comes to horticultural selections.
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Hardiness is the lowest winter temperature a plant can endure without suffering serious damage or even dying. However, hardiness is affected by location (a sheltered area, such as a patio), protection (winter cover) and soil type (hardiness is improved by well-drained soil).
The flowering period indicated on our website applies to countries and regions located in USDA zone 8 (France, the United Kingdom, Ireland, the Netherlands, etc.)
It will vary according to where you live:- In zones 9 to 10 (Italy, Spain, Greece, etc.), flowering will occur about 2 to 4 weeks earlier.
- In zones 6 to 7 (Germany, Poland, Slovenia, and lower mountainous regions), flowering will be delayed by 2 to 3 weeks.
- In zone 5 (Central Europe, Scandinavia), blooming will be delayed by 3 to 5 weeks.
In temperate climates, pruning of spring-flowering shrubs (forsythia, spireas, etc.) should be done just after flowering.
Pruning of summer-flowering shrubs (Indian Lilac, Perovskia, etc.) can be done in winter or spring.
In cold regions as well as with frost-sensitive plants, avoid pruning too early when severe frosts may still occur.
The planting period indicated on our website applies to countries and regions located in USDA zone 8 (France, United Kingdom, Ireland, Netherlands).
It will vary according to where you live:
- In Mediterranean zones (Marseille, Madrid, Milan, etc.), autumn and winter are the best planting periods.
- In continental zones (Strasbourg, Munich, Vienna, etc.), delay planting by 2 to 3 weeks in spring and bring it forward by 2 to 4 weeks in autumn.
- In mountainous regions (the Alps, Pyrenees, Carpathians, etc.), it is best to plant in late spring (May-June) or late summer (August-September).
The harvesting period indicated on our website applies to countries and regions in USDA zone 8 (France, England, Ireland, the Netherlands).
In colder areas (Scandinavia, Poland, Austria...) fruit and vegetable harvests are likely to be delayed by 3-4 weeks.
In warmer areas (Italy, Spain, Greece, etc.), harvesting will probably take place earlier, depending on weather conditions.
The sowing periods indicated on our website apply to countries and regions within USDA Zone 8 (France, UK, Ireland, Netherlands).
In colder areas (Scandinavia, Poland, Austria...), delay any outdoor sowing by 3-4 weeks, or sow under glass.
In warmer climes (Italy, Spain, Greece, etc.), bring outdoor sowing forward by a few weeks.
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