Camelot Lavender Foxglove — Cottage-Garden Showpiece (Digitalis purpurea 'Camelot Lavender') · 2 Gal

Get close to 'Camelot Lavender' and you'll see why people can't walk past it. Every soft lavender-pink bell is freckled inside with deep burgundy — dozens of tiny hand-painted throats stacked up a tall spire, with buttery yellow buds still queued at the top. The bees dive all the way in and disappear for a second. Kids find this hilarious. So do we.

Unlike old-fashioned foxgloves that make you wait a year, the Camelot series blooms right away — and it drops seed politely, so the stand you start this summer tends to reappear on its own schedule. Morning sun with a break from the worst afternoon heat is its happy place in a Northern Virginia yard, and the deer want nothing to do with it.

The basics

• 🌸 Lavender-pink bells with speckled throats on tall spires
• ☀️ Morning sun / afternoon shade · average, well-drained soil
• 🐝 Bee & hummingbird magnet — they climb right inside
• 🌱 Blooms its first year · self-sows gently for encores
• 🦌 Deer and rabbits leave it alone

🌿 Reserve online, pick up at the market — small batch, ready when you are.