Digitalis mertonensis Plants – (Summer King, Mertons Foxglove)

Description

Just a few of these plants  in 8cm pots $8.50 each. They are available from 449 Sandringham road Tues-Wed  – 10am-2pm.  Please email us on info@owairakaseeds.co.nz to reserve a plant and organise collection.

This attractive plant is a hybrid between Digitalis purpurea and Digitalis grandiflora, which has been awarded the Royal Horticultural award of garden merit. It has beautiful raspberry pink flowers which are a mix between the pink flowers of digitalis purpurea and the yellow flowers of digitalis grandiflora , and makes a lovely statement in the garden border.They are larger than the traditional foxglove flowers and appear in late spring and early summer. The plant itself is more compact than its parents, growing to about 1.2 m high. The plant likes dappled shade, and is an easy care plant. It makes a good cut flower.