Top tips for good growing
Foxgloves thrive in light shade, but enjoy sun, too. Digitalis purpurea likes a cool spot and teams well with ferns and other woodlanders, but other species or varieties enjoy a warmer, sunnier spot.
Prick out well or remove congested plants in the ground, or fungal diseases may be encouraged.
Mulch foxglove plants well so good moisture and nourishment reaches down to the deep roots.
Once your foxgloves have finished flowering you can snip off the spike down at the base. This will stop it self-seeding, but this may also encourage a later second, albeit less grand, spike of blooms.
If you don’t mind your foxgloves self-seeding, leave gone-over flower spikes to provide your autumn garden-scape with strong architectural shapes.
If foxgloves are taking over your borders, seek out the easily recognisable seedlings and whip them out before they grow. Pass them on to a friend or discard.
Plant foxgloves with borage or anchusa; this will give you a dense clump of beautiful pollinator plants to attract even more bees.
For contrasting shapes together, try foxgloves with tall, bobbing alliums. This creates the classic dots and stripes combination, which is easy on the eye.