Digitalis purpurea Camelot Rose (Common Foxglove)

Providing architectural height to borders, Digitalis purpurea 'Camelot Rose' (Common Foxglove) is an eye-catching biennial or short-lived perennial boasting tall spires of outward-facing, funnel-shaped, pink flowers delicately speckled with maroon in the throat. Blooming profusely from early summer to midsummer, 'Camelot Rose' forms many sturdy, high-quality secondary flower spikes, which extend the bloom time to over 4 weeks in many instances. The flowers appear in the first rather than second year and grow all around the spikes rather than on one side. Rising from a basal rosette of deep green oval leaves on strong stems, the blooms are attractive to hummingbirds, which hover near the tubular blossoms, and to birds that will flock to the seedheads in the fall.