Foxglove Pam’s Choice

An excellent cultivar of the native foxglove, Digitalis purpurea Pam’s Choice is a biennial plant forming a basal rosette of broad, pointed, over-wintering green leaves in its first year. In its second summer, tall flower spires rise above the foliage, bearing large, white, trumpet-shaped flowers, heavily blotched and freckled inside with a rich, deep purplish-crimson. These open from late May to July, and are very attractive to bumble-bees. A beautiful, adaptable midsummer biennial for a border, contrasting well with grasses and perennials with a more rounded shape. Seedlings often come true. Foxglove Pam’s Choice holds the RHS Award of Garden Merit.

Site: Tolerates exposure
Soil: Any reasonably well-drained soil, preferably humus-rich
Position: Partial shade; happy in full sun if soil is not too dry
Season of interest: Late May to July
Hardiness: Very hardy
Height: 5’ (1.5m) Spread: 18” (45cm)