John Fielding 
A semi-evergreen biennial or short-lived perennial, to 1.2m high in flower, with ovate to lance-shaped dark green leaves. Tall spikes bear nodding, tubular to bell-shaped pale pink flowers with deep reddish-purple blotches in the throats, from early to late summer
1-1.5 metres
0.1-0.5 metres
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Will grow in almost any soil or situation except very wet or very dry; ideally a sheltered, warm site with humus-rich soil in light or partial shade. See foxglove cultivation for more detailed advice
Propagate by seed, sown in pots in a cold frame in late spring for flowering the following year. Seeds sown in January, in a protected environment at 15-18°C, may produce flowers in late summer of the first year
Deadhead to encourage more flowers (unless seeds are required)
May be susceptible to aphids, leaf and bud eelworms, slugs and snails
May be susceptible to powdery mildews, downy mildews and leaf spot