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Foxglove 'Excelsior Hybrid Mixed'

Digitalis purpurea

Hardy Biennial

FROM £16.99

Beautiful, bell shaped blooms

Shades of mauve, pink, yellow and white

Bring drama and stature to cottage garden themes

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15 Garden Ready Plants

£16.99

30 Garden Ready Plants

~~£33.98~~ £20.59 Save £13.39

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The tall stems of Foxglove 'Excelsior Hybrid Mixed' tower over beds and borders with majestic splendour. Beautiful bell shaped blooms with heavily spotted throats crowd the upright stems in shades of mauve, pink, yellow and white. These superb Digitalis hybrids have spectacular garden presence bringing drama and stature to cottage garden themes, wildlife and woodland areas. The uniform blooms make superb cut flowers and prove particularly attractive to bees and pollinating insects. Height: 150cm (59"). Spread: 45cm (18"). Supplied as plug plants.

Plant Size Height Up to 150cm (60in)
Spread Up to 45cm (18in)

Hardiness & Longevity Hardy Biennial

Ideal For cut flower gardenwildlife gardenscottage gardenswoodland garden

Position In sun or semi shadedappled shade

Flowering Months

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Codes
15 Garden Ready Plants (KA8708)
30 Garden Ready Plants (KC7799)

Caution: Irritant to skin and eyes. Toxic if eaten. Pot up foxglove plug plants and grow them on in warm conditions until large enough to plant in their final positions outdoors. When Digitalis plants are well grown, gradually acclimatise them to outdoor conditions over a 7 to 10 day period. Plant Foxgloves out in sun or dappled shade on any fertile, well drained soil. Digitalis will grow well in most soils except for waterlogged or particularly dry conditions. Incorporate plenty of well rotted manure or garden compost into the soil prior to planting. Water well to settle the soil.

Water foxglove plants regularly until fully established. Foxgloves self-seed freely. If seedlings are not wanted, deadhead stems of foxglove flowers as the blooms fade. In autumn, cut back old stems to encourage plenty of new side shoots.

Seeds and garden supplies will normally be delivered within the time period stated against each product as detailed above. Plants, bulbs, corms, tubers, shrubs, trees, potatoes, etc. are delivered at the appropriate time for planting or potting on. Delivery times will be stated on the product page above, or in your order acknowledgement page and email.

Orders for packets of seed incur a delivery charge of £2.99.

Orders which include any other products will incur a delivery charge of £6.99.

Where an order includes both packets of seeds and other products, a maximum delivery charge of £7.99 will apply - regardless of the number of items ordered.

Large items may incur a higher delivery charge - this will be displayed in your shopping basket.

Please see our Delivery page for further details, and more information on different charges that may apply to certain destinations.

For more information on how we send your plants please visit our Helpful Guide on plant sizes.

Van Meuwen strives to ensure that all its plants are delivered to you in the perfect condition for planting. While the majority of our nursery plants cope well with slight delays in intransit, sadly, the time it takes to deliver to certain locations in the UK means that we can't guarantee this for some of our smaller plug products and tender bedding and vegetable lines, which do not respond well to the extra journey time. So regretfully while we offer the majority of our live plant offering nationwide, we are unable to ship plugs, begging plants and tender vegetable plants to the following areas: HS, IV41-IV49, IV51, IV55-56, KW15-KW17, PA34, PA41-48, PA60-PA78, PA80, PH40-PH44, TR21-TR24, ZE1-ZE3.