Re: Aconitum

**E* Z* <e*@acmeplant.com>**

Well, I grow Aconitum in PA with great success. It is one of my
absolute favorites not only because of the intense color at a time of
year when veryt little else is purple, but also because in the middle
of the woods (i.e. deer country) it is one of the few perennials that
doesn't get touched. Poisonous is sometimes good. Despite our
torrential rains this summer my Aconitum didn't require staking (at
over 5' tall) and has been in bloom for the last 4 weeks. No
irrigation, 3-4 hours of sun, poor soil, and the clump has doubled in
size in the three years I've had it. What's not to like. If it
weren't so hard to find, I plant it for more of my clients. As it is,
I tout it heavily whenever I recommend perennials.
Ellen Zachos
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