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Digitalis purpurea
1 packet (3000 seeds) @ $2.95
Catalog Code: 9030
Digitalis purpurea
Hardy Biennial
- Flowers: Mid Summer
- Position: Sun or part shade
- Soil: Well drained
- Zones: 4, 5, 6, 7, 8
- Height: 48 inches
- Germination: Easy
- Aftercare: Easy
- Ideal for: Cottage Garden, Wild Garden
Description
A familiar sight in early summer growing wild in shady places in Britain Its tall spires of drooping rose purple flowers will grace any garden in sun of part shade.
Very easy.
Sowing Instructions
| Sowing time: | late spring early summer. |
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| Sowing depth: | 1.5mm (1/16in) deep in drills 30cm (12in) apart. |
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Sow outdoors in a well prepared seed bed.
Sow the seeds very thinly and keep the soil damp until germination takes place and thin out the seedlings to 15cm (6in) apart when large enough to handle.
Growing Instructions
Transplant 60cm (24in) apart into flowering site in the autumn for flowering the following year.
Aftercare Instructions
They will grow in most soils and prefer part shade.
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