Re: Aconitum/Phlox(wasMatrona..)

In a message dated 7/27/2001 1:35:40 AM Central Daylight Time,
louise@the-english-family.freeserve.co.uk writes:


This
is my first time at growing Aconites, and I was surprised that it was such a
short plant, only about two and a half-three feet tall.  Perhaps it's only
because it's a baby, yet. Or are all Aconites this height?  There are now
some seedheads on the plant - would they come out this cream colour, or
would they revert to whatever colour the parents were?



If the plant had a small storage root it may well, grow taller in the next
few years, though most A. napellus forms are shorter than many others out
there-typically the forms I have grown reach 4 to 5 feet tall, shorter in sun
and taller in shade.


Your plant was probably raised from seed and thus the description of white to
greenish flowers and as long as you have no other forms growing around your
location they should come more or less true form the seeds you collect.  I
would sow them as soon as they are ripe.  If dried they can go into a deep
dormancy and germination will be spread out over many months if sown in the
spring.

The seed needs a cold period to germinate well and should germinate for you
in early to late fall (after a few weeks of cool night temps)

Monkshoods rang in height from 2 feet to 12 feet but typically in the garden
our forms grow 4 to 7 feet tall.

Paul
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