Digitalis 'Hanabee White' (Foxglove) – Compact Perennial (3L Pot)

Digitalis 'Hanabee White' is a short, bushy foxglove bred to come back every year, unlike the biennial sorts that flower once and are gone.

The spikes are packed with pure white bells with softly spotted throats and they face outwards rather than hanging down, which makes it easy for bees to get in and easy for you to see the markings. It stays around 40 to 60cm tall and 30 to 40cm wide, so it works at the front of a border or in a pot where a full height foxglove would look ungainly.

Give it partial shade or sun in moist, well drained soil with organic matter worked in. Water it through its first season, deadhead the spent spikes to push out a second flush, and mulch around the crown in autumn. Every part of a foxglove is highly poisonous, so choose where you plant it with care. It arrives as an established plant in a 3L pot, ready for a border or a container.

Cultural Information

• Common Name: Foxglove
• Fully Grown Height and Spread: 40 to 60cm tall and 30 to 40cm wide
• Growth Habit: Compact, bushy, upright perennial
• Perfect For: Border fronts, cottage gardens, woodland edges and patio containers
• Foliage: Mid green, semi-evergreen, in a basal rosette
• Flowering Time: Late spring to summer
• Planting Position: Partial shade or full shade, and it will take full sun where the soil stays moist. Happy in a container
• Soil Type: Moist, well drained, humus rich
• Hardiness: Fully hardy outdoors in Britain
• Maintenance: Water in the first season, deadhead spent spikes and mulch the crown in autumn
• Seasonal Interest: Late spring and summer
• Type: Hardy perennial