This Foxglove is a Hardy Biennial.

It follows the traditional two-year cycle.
Year 1: You sow the seeds in summer. The plant grows a low rosette of soft, hairy leaves.
Year 2: It shoots up a tall flower spike, blooms spectacularly in early summer, drops its seeds, and then dies.

Top Tip: Allow it to self-seed! Once you have established a patch, they will drop seeds and renew themselves naturally, giving you free plants forever.

Foxglove seeds are tiny (dust-like) and need light to germinate.

Germination:
Sow indoors in April-May or outdoors in June-July. Scatter the seeds on the surface of moist compost. Do not cover them—they need light to trigger growth. Germination takes 14-21 days.

Where to Sow:
They love shade or semi-shade. They are the perfect woodland plant. They thrive in soil that holds moisture (humus-rich), so dig in plenty of leaf mould or compost before planting.

Care While Growing:
Planting Out: Move young plants to their final position in Autumn (Sept/Oct) so they can establish roots before winter.
Aftercare: After the main spike has flowered, cut it down to the base. This often encourages smaller side-shoots to flower later in the summer.

This creamy-yellow foxglove looks stunning when paired with other shade-lovers in purple or white:

• 💜 Sweet Rocket 'Purple' (Hesperis): The Woodland Pair. Sweet Rocket and Foxgloves are the best of friends. They both thrive in dappled shade and flower at the same time (May/June). The purple Hesperis makes the pale yellow Foxglove look even brighter.
• 🌙 Honesty (Lunaria): The Early/Late Show. Honesty flowers slightly earlier, leaving behind green seed pods just as the Foxglove reaches its peak. They share the same woodland aesthetic and love the same soil conditions.

Sow in summer. Plant out in autumn. Flowers the following summer (May-July).