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| July 4, 2010 'Milk Chocolate' |
Digitalis
parviflora 'Milk Chocolate'ambigua (also grandiflora)
After flowering cut back foxgloves to the basal foliage. Spent spikes can be unsightly. Foliage is somewhat evergreen, don’t remove in spring, just clear away any dead leaves.
Keep foxgloves dry in winter. Add grit and sand around the crowns.
The single Digitalis 'Milk Choclate' I planted in the Birch Garden is a strong specimen. It was an odd choice and I didn't think I would like it (a brown flower??) but I do.
The spikes have a waxy coating that makes them glisten like melted chocolate in the sun! They self seeded and have spread around little in the Birch Garden.
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| July 4, 2010 'Milk Chocolate' |
The flowerstalk on 'Milk Chocolate' is a very tall, wobbly looking thing, especially after the waxy brown individual flowers have gone by. They really do add structure, almost like tall skinny stakes in the garden after blooming.
Digitalis ambigua is the yellow perennial foxglove that comes back each year.
It is tall and light colored and adds structure, but I think the color is washed out. Not yellow, just kind of a buff color. I moved them to a couple different locations, then eliminated most, and finally a few are still coming up at the back of the Birch Garden and in the back garden under the maple.
The ones under the maple are not eye catching or showy, but they do offer a little bit of light in the shady area under the tree, planted among equally demure white anemone thimbleweeds.
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| 7/20/13 |
Digitalis ambigua is the yellow perennial foxglove that comes back each year.
It is tall and light colored and adds structure, but I think the color is washed out. Not yellow, just kind of a buff color. I moved them to a couple different locations, then eliminated most, and finally a few are still coming up at the back of the Birch Garden and in the back garden under the maple.
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| 6/18/14 |
