Foxglove 'Candy Mountain Peach'

Flower
New

Description

Following the success of ‘Candy Mountain’ and ‘Snowy Mountain’ comes the next individual colour in the ‘Mountain’ foxglove series. With the same upward-facing flowers as its cousins, ‘Candy Mountain Peach’ is the perfect choice for planting at the back of cottage garden borders where the unusual colour of its peach-tinged and delicately dotted trumpets will attract bees - as well as the admiration of your neighbours!

Sowing Instructions

Sow seed on the surface of lightly firmed, moist seed compost in pots or trays and cover with a very light sprinkling of vermiculite. Seal container inside a polythene bag and keep at a temperature of between 18-29ºC (65-85ºF). After sowing, do not exclude light as this helps germination. Keep the surface of the compost moist but not waterlogged; germination usually takes 14-30 days. When large enough to handle, transplant seedlings into 7.5cm (3in) pots or trays.

Growing Instructions

Plant out when plants are large enough, or over winter plants in a cold frame and plant out the following spring after all risk of frost has passed , 45-60cm (18-24in) apart. For best results, provide any ordinary, well-drained soil in part shade.