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A biennial or short-lived perennial, 1.2m high, with overwintering rosettes of grey-green leaves, and spikes of cream flowers, spotted with maroon inside, over a long flowering period in summer; the flowers appear in the first rather than second year, grow all round the spikes rather than on one side
1-1.5 metres
0.1-0.5 metres
| Season | Stem | Flower | Foliage | Fruit |
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Grow in moist but well-drained humus-rich soil in light dappled shade, for example in a mixed bed or an open woodland garden, and add organic mulch; native foxgloves are usually found in the wild on acidic soils, but they can also grow on neutral soils, and tolerate slightly alkaline soils. See foxglove cultivation for further advice
Propagate by seed, sown in spring; it is an F1 hybrid, so plants from self-seeding will not come true
No pruning required, but deadheading, cutting down dead flowering stems, will encourage secondary flowering shoots, and encourage growth the following year
May be susceptible to aphids and leaf and bud eelworm
May be susceptible to powdery mildews, downy mildews and leaf spot