Digitalis lanata ‘Cafe Creme’

Unusual coffee and cream-flowered perennial foxglove with woolly stems

Digitalis lanata 'Cafe Creme'

Digitalis lanata 'Cafe Creme', 2 litre container

Established plants in two-litre containers

Description

Digitalis lanata ‘Cafe Creme’ is affectionately known as the woolly foxglove on account of its tall, softly hairy stems and flowers. It’s an unusual plant with a really striking presence when grown in groups that hails from the warmer climes of southern and eastern Europe (the hairs are a means of retaining water). The leaves are neat, semi-evergreen, lance-shaped and smooth, with pronounced veining, and in summer the plant throws up tall spires covered in buds that open into elegant classic foxglove shaped flowers, with a pronounced lower lip and ‘coffee and cream’ colourations of dusky orange, bronze, white, pale yellow and gold-cream. The flowers have striking deep bronze-brown veining to attract pollinators.

These established, garden-ready plants have been grown in peat-free compost at our nursery in Cornwall, and are supplied in two-litre containers. They will grow to a height of around 60-80cm (2 to 3 feet) with a spread of around half of that.

Growing Advice

Digitalis lanata grows natively on woodland margins and by preference likes partially-shaded locations with some protection from the mid-afternoon sun. In our view they look amazing when massed on gentle slopes in informal schemes (like all foxgloves, they have a slightly wild, naturalistic vibe about them), where they can sway gently in the breeze and the late-afternoon sun can light up the speckled throats of the flowers. They aren’t too fussy with soil, as long as it’s not too wet or too dry – and the tall flower spikes can be removed to encourage flowering side shoots or to avoid too much self-seeding.

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