Digitalis hybrid?

I am wondering if anyone out there has any experience with hybridization of D. obscura.  I love this plant and I believe that I have a chance hybrid of it in the garden this year. I couldn't remember if this list accepted attachments or not, so to see photos, go to:

http://granitegardensrareplants.com/gardens

The plant has willowy leaves similiar to D. obscura, but growing in a rosette form, not the shrubby form I associate with D. obscura.  Dark green with the wonderful burgundy stem of D. obscura. The flowering stem was erect, not nodding like D. obscura, and is quite tall.  About 3 feet at present.

A few years ago I grew a bunch of Digitalis, so it could have been anything EXCEPT D. grandiflora, which we do not grow.  I was thinking D. obscura X D. trojana?

Any ideas?  The plant is simply glorious and I will just die if it is not perennial.


Rebecca Lance
Granite Gardens Rare Plants
www.ggrareplants.com
Sonora California, USA
Zone 7-8



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