Foxglove Bishy Barnabee Mix
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Biennial Pollinator

Foxglove Bishy Barnabee Mix

Digitalis purpurea

£2.00approx. 1,000 (very fine) seeds

Our own house blend — Foxglove favourites in purples, whites, apricots and creams. Tall majestic spires for cottage borders, hand-picked at Salle Moor Hall Farm.

Sowing months
JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Height
120–180cm
Spread
45cm
Spacing
50cm
Position
Partial to full shade preferred
Soil
Humus-rich, moisture-retentive
Grow guide
How to grow Foxglove Bishy Barnabee Mix
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About this variety

Our own house blend, put together from the foxgloves we grow and trial here at Salle Moor Hall Farm each year. Classic tall pinks, pure whites, soft purples and creams in one packet, so a single sowing gives you a whole cottage-garden display rather than a block of one colour.

Expect spires of 1.5m and often more, with heavily speckled throats. Those markings are not decoration. They are landing lights, evolved to steer long-tongued bumblebees down the tube to the nectar, and on a warm June morning the plants are genuinely busy. Being a mix, it is a lottery, and that is the point of it; you will not know what any given plant is until it opens in its second year. If you need a specific colour, buy a named variety.

It is a biennial, so leaves the first year and flowers the second. Leave a few heads to ripen and it will keep a wandering colony going indefinitely.

Every part of a foxglove is highly toxic and eating any of it can be fatal. Wear gloves to handle the plants, keep the seed away from small children, and do not plant it where pets or grazing animals can reach it.

Plant alongside

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RHS Plants for Pollinators

This plant has been assessed by the Royal Horticultural Society and recommended as especially beneficial to bees, butterflies and other pollinators. Growing plants like this directly supports UK pollinator populations — something close to our hearts at Salle Moor Hall Farm, where we see the difference a cottage garden full of the right plants can make.

Learn more at RHS.org.uk →