Digitalis purpurea ‘Dalmatian Cream’

‘Dalmatian Cream’ is a short, compact foxglove that flowers in its first year from seed. Creamy-yellow bell-shaped flowers with purple-spotted throats rise on neat spires above a low rosette of downy green leaves.

It reaches around 50cm, so it sits lower than the classic tall foxglove, which makes it useful for the front or middle of a border. Holder of the RHS Award of Garden Merit.

Plant in full sun or partial shade, in moist but well-drained soil. Bees love it. As with all foxgloves, all parts are toxic if eaten — keep away from children and curious pets.