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Deadheading Aconitum / monkshood / wolfsbane

karsten.gardenwisekarsten.gardenwise Posts: 19
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So Aconitum is in the same family as Delphinium, the Ranunculaceae, and they have a practically identical growth habit. Does anyone know, if you completely remove a flowered stem of Aconitum down to the ground, will it re-bloom like a Delphinium does?

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  • LynLyn Posts: 23,190
    No it won’t re bloom again. I cut the flower stalks right off to the ground when it’s finished. Unless you want it to self seed, or collect some, then leave them to dry out on the plant removing them when they are brown and dried. 
    Gardening on the wild, windy west side of Dartmoor. 

  • karsten.gardenwisekarsten.gardenwise Posts: 19
    Thank you @Lyn
  • LynLyn Posts: 23,190
    They’re beautiful plants , mine have been absolutely loaded with bees this year, it’s a shame they’re dying off now.  
    Gardening on the wild, windy west side of Dartmoor. 

  • karsten.gardenwisekarsten.gardenwise Posts: 19
    You're quite right, they are amazing. As well as deadly!
  • nutcutletnutcutlet Posts: 27,445
    karsten.gardenwise said:
    You're quite right, they are amazing. As well as deadly!
    Like many other garden plants, best not eaten :)


    In the sticks near Peterborough
  • LynLyn Posts: 23,190
    😀 poppy seeds on your bread is one thing.....! 
    Gardening on the wild, windy west side of Dartmoor. 

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