Aconitum 'Stainless Steel'
(Monkshood 'Stainless Steel')
Family - Ranunculaceae
Category - Perennial
Season of Interest - Spring, Summer, Autumn
Hardiness - H7
Height - 1.2m
Width - 45cm
Location - The Cool Garden
Description: A herbaceous Perennial with a columnar habit. Glossy dark green leaves are palmately lobed with narrow, feathery leaflets. The hooded flowers are a very pale shade of violet and are flushed with creamy white inside. At the centre of each Bloom is a cluster of black nectaries and dark stamens. The flowers are held in Racemes towards the tops of the vertical stems and are produced from midsummer into early autumn.
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Flower:
Hooded flowers are a very pale shade of violet and are flushed with creamy white inside. At the centre of each bloom is a cluster of black nectaries and dark stamens. The flowers are held in racemes and are produced from July into September.
Flower colour: Purple
Flower shape: Hooded flowers in racemes
Flowering time: July, August, September
Foliage:
Glossy dark green leaves are palmately lobed with very narrow, lobed leaflets. The leaves are oppositely arranged on the vertical stems.
Foliage Senescence: Deciduous
Foliage Shape: Palmately lobed
Poison Information:
All parts of this plant are highly toxic and it needs to be handled with care. There is, apparently, no antidote.
Propagation:
Division.
Cultivation:
Best in full sun to partial shade in fertile, moisture retentive soil that is well drained.