RHS Digitalis purpurea 'Summer King'
A robust clump-forming, perennial or biennial to 90cm high, with lance-shaped glossy, dark green leaves, slightly hairy beneath and bearing racemes of large, velvety, tubular strawberry-pink flowers, spotted inside with crimson-purple
0.5-1 metres
0.1-0.5 metres
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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, or in full sun, and add organic mulch. See foxglove cultivation for further advice
Propagate by seed, or by division, removing offsets, in spring; it will also self-seed but may not come true unless plants have been grown in isolation
No pruning required, but deadheading may encourage growth in following years
May be susceptible to aphids and leaf and bud eelworm
May be susceptible to powdery mildews, downy mildews and leaf spot