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Small-flowered foxglove, Digitalis parviflora ‘Milk Chocolate’, is a compact foxglove, bearing dense spikes of orange-brown flowers with a purple-brown lip. Its foliage is a rich, dark green, which provides the perfect foil for the striking blooms. A short-lived perennial, it’s perfect for growing in a mixed ornamental border or as part of a container display.
Grow Digitalis parviflora ‘Milk Chocolate’ in moist but well-drained soil in full sun to partial shade. Deadhead spent flower spikes and cut to the ground after flowering.
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Digitalis ‘Milk chocolate’ and wildlife
Digitalis ‘Milk chocolate’ is known for attracting bees. It has nectar/pollen rich flowers.
