Digitalis (Foxglove) Camelot Cream Seed

Digitalis Camelot Cream is a first-year-flowering perennial foxglove bearing creamy bell-shaped blooms with delicately speckled interiors on upright flower spikes.

Quick Grow Facts

• Plant Type: First-year-flowering Digitalis purpurea perennial; often grown as a biennial or short-lived perennial
• Series: Camelot F1
• Seed Form: Pelleted
• Pretreatment: None; do not soak, scarify, chill, crush or remove the pellet
• General Sowing Time: Use the regional cool-season windows in the linked South African Grow Guide
• Position: Morning sun or bright partial shade; protect from severe afternoon heat
• Sow Depth: Maximum planting depth 1 mm. Light is required for germination. Leave the pellet uncovered where continuous moisture can be maintained; in a dry environment, use only a very light, light-transmitting dusting of fine vermiculite, never deeper than 1 mm
• Germination: 18–21°C; breeder-controlled radicle emergence in 3–4 days
• Spacing: 60 cm
• Height: 91–121 cm
• Spread: 60–76 cm
• Best For: Tall borders, cottage gardens, woodland edges, pollinator planting and careful cutting

Grow Guide: How to grow Camelot foxgloves from pelleted seed in South Africa.

Why Grow This Variety

• First-year flowering brings blooms in the same season as sowing.
• Medium-vigorous growth and tall upright spikes provide strong vertical structure.
• The plants suit sunny or partially shaded positions.
• The blooms attract bees.

Garden Uses

Use Digitalis Camelot Cream in cottage gardens, containers, borders and wildlife-friendly gardens.

Growing Notes

• Sow the pellet on pre-moistened mix and press gently for contact. Leave it uncovered where continuous moisture can be maintained; in a dry environment, use only a very light, light-transmitting dusting of fine vermiculite, never deeper than 1 mm.
• Maintain 18–21°C, light and continuous pellet moisture without waterlogging.
• Pot on when true leaves and roots hold the plug, then harden gradually.
• Plant at 60 cm centres in moist, well-drained soil and support tall spikes in exposed sites.

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