Digitalis ferruginea ‘Gigantea’

Self-seeding short lived evergreen perennial foxglove with particularly beautiful, tall, straight, very narrow spikes of densely set, hooded, variably apricot-yellow flowers, brown netted in their throats giving a rusty overall colour. Dark green leaves are glossy and narrow. A particularly large form up to 1.8m high, flowering over a very long period in summer. Sun or part shade.