Description
Our friends in America worked hard to produce a long flowering Digitalis valinii, sometimes known as Digiplexis. This tropical beauty has a more compact habit than “normal” Digitalis, with spikes of hot pink, creamy yellow and burgundy speckled throats borne all the way around the stems above the rosettes of large, glossy, dark green leaves.
Habit –
Resilience –
Flowering Time –
Height and spread – 70 x 45 cm
Ideal Conditions – Prefers full sun or partial shade in free draining soil or compost.
Possibile situation – A wonderful addition to a shade or woodland garden or even a summer border.
Features –
Typical season – Summer
Flower Colour – pink
Foliage Colour – green
Flowering time – June – November
Planting recommendation – Bed/Border Prefers – Full Sun
Temperature tolerance – Can survive winter in very well protected situations, especially if sheltered from frosts.
Plant care – In autumn, cut back faded flower stems to encourage plenty of new side shoots. Caution: All parts of digitalis plants are harmful if eaten and contact with the foliage may irritate the skin and eyes.
Family – SCROPHULARIACEAE Genus – Digitalis Cultivar – Berry Canary
Pot Sizes – 11cm Pot Spacing –
Growing Media and irrigation – Free draining – keep evenly moist
Feeding fertiliser – NPK balanced feeding Feeding frequency – Requires normal/regular feeding (Standard EC)
PH Recommendation – 4.5 to 5.0 Common pests – Common disease –
Species – valinii
