Aconitum cammarum var. bicolor

Ranunculaceae

Aconitum napellus var. bicolor

Habitat: full sun or partial shade Flowering: mid to late summer Height: 1.2 m Width: 40 cm Soil: any good garden soil

The monkshoods are good perennials, slowly forming multi-stemmed plants. Some are tall species, and at the other extreme there are dwarf, high-altitude alpines. All have spikes of characteristic hooded flowers.

Aconitum cammarum var. bicolor is a striking form of a popular and reliable plant, with rich blue-and-white monkshood flowers. Ideal as a cut flower when grown in a sunny border, it also grows well in a woodland setting. It is widely used in cottage-style gardening. Would benefit from staking.
2 litre pot £7.00

		Aconitum cf. ferox CC5492 is probably Aconitum ferox, which is a robust species with tall stems, packed with quite large, pale blue flowers. The seeds were collected in at nearly 4000 m in Nepal.
		Aconitum napellus is an erect perennial with deeply cut, dark green leaves and colourful spikes of many indigo blue flowers in mid summer.
		Aconitum piepunense is extremely rare in cultivation, possibly never offered before we did. It is tall, with unusually loose, open spires of flowers, pale blue. The individual flowers are not large, and it is not a showy plant, but it is elegant. We were originally given a single seed, which turned into a plant that has grown in our garden for about ten years, and has at last produced sufficient seed to give a crop. Piepun is an ancient name for what was later known as Chungtien, then Zhongdian, and now (sadly) Shangri La.