Growing Monkshood can be difficult

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• Dovefromabove Posts: 88,147

  October 2020

  I think it’s definitely a moisture thing ... I’ve given up with them ... they don’t like our very free-draining soil ☹️ 

  
  Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
  
  
  
  
  
  

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• micearguers Posts: 646

  October 2020

  I'm in Cambridgeshire on chalky clay with long dry spells in summer. The aconites just about hang on in shade until the autumn rains arrive. I second their moisture-loving nature, they are a sorry bunch here.
  

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• Lizzie27 Posts: 12,494

  October 2020

  Sorry @Hostafan1, you are of course right, I wasn't thinking straight this morning.

  North East Somerset - Clay soil over limestone

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