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Other common names foxglove 'Dalmatian Peach'
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Family Plantaginaceae
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Genus Digitalis can be biennials or usually short-lived perennials forming a rosette of simple leaves with bell-shaped flowers in slender, erect, usually one-sided racemes
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Details
'Dalmation Peach' is a biennial or short-lived perennial to 60cm tall that forms a basal rosette of hairy, toothed, ovate to lance-shaped leaves. Upright spikes of pale yellow-orange to peach flowers with orange speckled throats arise from the rosette of leaves in midsummer; this cultivar typically flowers in its first year
How to grow
Cultivation Grow in almost any soil, but avoid very wet or very dry positions. Prefers a humus-rich soil in partial shade but will grow in full sun
Propagation Propagate by seed
Suggested planting locations and garden types Flower borders and beds Cottage & Informal Garden Wildlife Gardens Coastal
How to care
Pruning Deadhead after flowering unless seed is required
Pests Can get aphids and leaf and bud eelworm
Diseases May be affected by leaf spots and powdery mildews