Foxglove Digitalis ‘Illumination Flame’

Fill your garden with these fabulous perennials and enjoy months of striking colour. Digitalis ‘Illumination Flame’ produces spikes of tubular-shaped flowers in a fiery shade of pink with lightly speckled details that shimmer in the sun. In bloom from early June to October, ‘Illumination Flame’ are adored by bees and other beneficial pollinating insects and will thrive in sun or dappled shed. Perfect for planting in your beds and mixed borders and looks simply stunning dotted around your patio in pots. Delivered as 3 jumbo plug plants, ready to grow on before planting out.

Top Tips

Faded flowers can be cut to the base to encourage a further flush of blooms

Care Guide

Planting Advice for Digitalis ‘Illumination Flame’:

• On receipt, unpack plugs immediately and stand them in water for an hour.
• If you can?t do this, they can sit in their mini greenhouse for a week if upright and not too wet.
• Plugs may be slightly dry or yellow after being in a dark box in the post, but they?ll quickly recover.
• Put them somewhere warm, light and airy such as a windowsill or greenhouse.
• Pot up plugs and grow them on in warm, frost free conditions until all risk of frost has passed. Alternatively, plant them where they are to flower when all risk of frost has passed – plants are best grown in light shade in fertile soil.
• When potting on, handle plugs carefully. Pot on using our 9cm pots in Shuttle Trays, using good multi-purpose compost.
• Give your plants a good water initially, then only when the top compost starts to dry. They don?t like to be left in standing water.
• Plant approx. 20cm (8in) apart to allow them room to grow.

Aftercare advice for foxgloves:

• After flowering, cut back the main spikes to encourage a second flowering. Cut back to the ground completely after flowering to promote healthy, vigorous growth.
• Although hardy, protect from frost with a thick layer of mulch.