Digitalis Glory of Roundway - Foxglove

Digitalis 'Glory of Roundway' is a recent hybrid foxglove, with a perennial character that will allow it to live for many years in the garden. Its airy flowering of particularly long-lasting, blooms form in slender clusters of very delicate, pale pink tubular flowers, with a pale salmon throat punctuated with brown. Full of charm and delicacy, this sterile variety does not exhaust itself by producing seeds. A border or woodland plant, it prefers partial shade and humus-rich soils, but also adapts well to well-drained ordinary soil.

The 'Glory of Roundway' foxglove is a hybrid cultivar resulting from the crossing of Digitalis lutea, a very perennial plant, D. mertonensis, and D. purpurea. Foxgloves belong to the Plantaginaceae family. The horticultural variety 'Glory of Roundway' is a perennial plant, developing a rosette with a diameter of 30 cm (12in) from spring onwards, with pubescent, dark green, toothed leaves, the lower surface of which are sometimes covered with light, woolly hairs. From May to August, green, hollow but sturdy stems emerge from the rosette to carry a slender but dense floral spike, composed of a multitude of small tubular flowers with a green calyx. Each flower is adorned with a pale pink hue on the outside, and reveals a more salmon throat punctuated with brown. This variety produces young rosettes at the base of the mother plant, which can be easily divided for propagation.

'Glory of Roundway' is an excellent border and woodland perennial, or cottage garden plant. Plant it in light sun or partial shade, or even in shade, in light, moist soil, in the company of old roses, or perennials with single flowers such as columbines, centaureas, astrantias or meadowsweets. This variety with a not too tall habit will also allow you to enjoy its long-lasting flowering in a large pot near the house. This magnificent plant, as graphic as an acanthus, without the inconvenience of spontaneous seedlings, will also accompany perennial geraniums and heucheras in light woodland, as well as the feathery foliage of ferns. Enjoy its charm in the house as well, by creating delicate bouquets.