Re: [SG] Aconitum napellus

You could see if there's a heat range established for this plant by the
American Horticultural Society.
My personal experience (in NYC, which is pretty humid in the summer but not
as hot as you are) is with the later-blooming A. carmichaelli, and it
survives the dog days fine. The one summer I decided to give my plant extra
water it developed a fungal disease. Disgusted, I threw it in the compost
pile. The next spring it started growing out of the compost, so I figured it
really wanted to be here. I placed it in a more attractive spot (I had
always read you shouldn't move it), and each year I have the most
extraordinary blue blossoms in late fall. For some reason, my last-blooming
plant is always one of the first to come back in the spring.
Maybe someone can tell me when the different aconitums bloom (and how they
vary from one another). I'd like to have some earlier blue in my garden.
Nancy S

 >In a message dated 4/3/1999 8:17:55 PM Central Standard Time,
>bmatney@MAIL.SNIDER.NET writes:
>
><< We saw Aconitum napellus blooming in a garden in the UK last summer and my
> husband fell in love with them. Does anyone have any idea how they would
> perform in the heat and humidity of the southern USA?
>  >>
>Best grown in partial shade.According to my lit., soil should be "cool." My
>advice, keep the soil moist, particularly in hot periods.Should be grown
>where soil is moist but not constantly so. You may need to stake them. Be
>sure to amend soil so that it is "rich." Fertilize heavily.
>
>
>Clyde Crockett z5 Indianapolis IN
>P.S. Can you grow oleanders where U live? (Nerium vars.)
>
>
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