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Digitalis mertonensis
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| Strawberry foxglove | ||||||||||||
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| This delightful cottage garden plant is a cross between the common digitalis purpurea and a yellow flowered variety, digitalis grandiflora. The result is warm pink, speckled flowers that are larger than the traditional foxglove. This is a short-lived perennial that should come true from seed if common foxgloves are not in the vicinity. Lovely for floral arrangements if you can bear to pick it! | ||||||||||||
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| Can be sown direct, lightly raked into the soil, thinning to 12-18in apart. Alternatively, sow thinly in a cool greenhouse or cold frame, on the surface of a pot or module of good quality compost, covering with a fine sprinkling of sifted compost or vermiculite. Do not exclude light, which is necessary for germination. Pot seedlings on and plant out when large enough. Make sure that the plants receive enough moisture, particularly if in sunny positions. Cutting back the central stem when the flowers are spent should encourage further flower spikes to develop as side shoots. Unless you wish to allow the plants to self seed, cut back all flower spikes when flowering is over. |
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| Crassula ovata | Dahlia 'Wine Eyed Jill' | Matricaria recutita syn. chamomilla | Berkheya purpurea | Zaluzianskya capensis |
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