{"id":944,"date":"2008-04-15T03:01:23","date_gmt":"2008-04-15T07:01:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/feverishthoughts.com\/garden\/2008\/04\/15\/growing-monkshood\/"},"modified":"2010-10-09T21:51:26","modified_gmt":"2010-10-10T01:51:26","slug":"growing-monkshood","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/feverishthoughts.com\/garden\/2008\/04\/15\/growing-monkshood\/","title":{"rendered":"Growing Monkshood"},"content":{"rendered":"<!--CusAds--><p>It&#8217;s amazing how many plants are coming up in my garden.  Every time I either look outside or go outside to look at the garden I notice how much the plants have grown or new green shoots coming up in areas that were barren the day before.<\/p>\n<p>The monkshood is already making an appearance:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/dragonden\/2409158079\/\" title=\"monkshoodshoots by triciawd, on Flickr\" data-wpel-link=\"external\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow external noopener noreferrer\" class=\"ext-link\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/dragonden\/2409158079\/\" title=\"monkshoodshoots by triciawd, on Flickr\" data-wpel-link=\"external\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow external noopener noreferrer\" class=\"ext-link\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm3.static.flickr.com\/2247\/2409158079_3bb5a04feb.jpg\" alt=\"monkshoodshoots\" height=\"311\" width=\"450\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>This is Monkshood Aconitum Arendsii Azure Blue.<\/p>\n<div class=\"912745ff53504cd4aef8ff3ef7b9aa95\" data-index=\"2\" style=\"float: right; margin:10px 0 10px 10px;\">\n<script type=\"text\/javascript\"><!--\r\ngoogle_ad_client = \"pub-3375789278566919\";\r\n\/* gardengrows_300x250inpost *\/\r\ngoogle_ad_slot = \"4054669721\";\r\ngoogle_ad_width = 300;\r\ngoogle_ad_height = 250;\r\n\/\/-->\r\n<\/script>\r\n<script type=\"text\/javascript\"\r\nsrc=\"http:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/show_ads.js\">\r\n<\/script>\n<\/div>\n\n<p>The new leaves are coming up amid the old stalks that I still have to remove! Usually I tidy up the garden beds in the fall, but I didn&#8217;t really do that last year.  Even when I clean up the garden in the autumn I&#8217;ll often still leave a few plant stalks or a leaf or two so that come spring I can remember where the plant is planted.<\/p>\n<p>I do have plant markers in the garden, but most have been there for four or five years now and they are barely legible or they&#8217;ve snapped in the cold so there&#8217;s only half of the plants name.<\/p>\n<p>I grow another kind of Monkshood at the back of the garden near the holly shrub.  It&#8217;s a bicolor Monkshood and I&#8217;ve forgotten it&#8217;s full name.<\/p>\n<p>Now I know I have several photos of the Azure Blue Monkshood but I can&#8217;t find any of them right now.  Odd.  I do have a photo of the BiColor Monkshood as it&#8217;s beginning to bloom though.<\/p><!--CusAds-->\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/dragonden\/1002672282\/\" title=\"Monkshood Aconitum by triciawd, on Flickr\" data-wpel-link=\"external\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow external noopener noreferrer\" class=\"ext-link\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/dragonden\/1002672282\/\" title=\"Monkshood Aconitum by triciawd, on Flickr\" data-wpel-link=\"external\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow external noopener noreferrer\" class=\"ext-link\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm2.static.flickr.com\/1092\/1002672282_199699762e.jpg\" alt=\"Monkshood Aconitum\" height=\"318\" width=\"453\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The bicolor Monkshood usually blooms twice a season. Often once in July and then in Mid to Late September.  The Azure Blue only blooms once in late August through into September.<\/p>\n<p>Monkshood is very easy to grow, but you must remember that it&#8217;s a poisonous plant. I&#8217;m a little nervous about growing it now that we have a Labrador Retriever puppy, but I don&#8217;t think she&#8217;ll be allowed in the backyard very often and certainly not unsupervised.<\/p>\n<p>Monkshood can be grown in shade or bright sunlight. It does best with at least 6 hours of bright sunlight each day. Depending on the species it grow from 30 inches to approx. 36 inches in height.<\/p>\n<p>This plant does best in rich, moist, humusy soil. It doesn&#8217;t like being disturbed once it&#8217;s established but it can be propagated through division.<\/p>\n<p>There are several species and hybrids of Monkshood. Some will rebloom if the flowers are removed shortly after they&#8217;ve finished blooming as with my bicolor monkshood and others are of the fall blooming variety.<\/p>\n<!--CusAds--><p>Monkshood is a beautiful plant that adds a lovely touch of color to the garden bed. Even it&#8217;s foliage is attractive.  Just remember that all parts of the plant are poisonous!<\/p>\n<div class=\"912745ff53504cd4aef8ff3ef7b9aa95\" data-index=\"9\" style=\"float: none; margin:10px 0 10px 0; text-align:center;\">\n<br\/> <br\/>\r\n<div align=\"center\">\r\n<script type=\"text\/javascript\"><!--\r\ngoogle_ad_client = \"pub-3375789278566919\";\r\n\/* gardengrows_underpost_300x250 *\/\r\ngoogle_ad_slot = \"0957462354\";\r\ngoogle_ad_width = 300;\r\ngoogle_ad_height = 250;\r\n\/\/-->\r\n<\/script>\r\n<script type=\"text\/javascript\"\r\nsrc=\"http:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/show_ads.js\">\r\n<\/script>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<br\/>\r\n<br\/>\r\n\r\n<?php if ( is_search() || is_single() || is_page() || is_paged() || is_category() || is_archive() ) { ?>\r\n<div align=\"center\">\r\n<script type=\"text\/javascript\"><!--\r\nch_client = \"dragonden\";\r\nch_type = \"mpu\";\r\nch_width = 468;\r\nch_height = 250;\r\nch_color_bg = \"FFFFFF\";\r\nch_color_title = \"FF9B00\";\r\nch_color_text = \"333333\";\r\nch_non_contextual = 4;\r\nch_vertical =\"premium\";\r\nch_sid = \"gardengrows_betweenposts\";\r\nvar ch_queries = new Array( );\r\nvar ch_selected=Math.floor((Math.random()*ch_queries.length));\r\nif ( ch_selected < ch_queries.length ) {\r\nch_query = ch_queries[ch_selected];\r\n}\r\n\/\/--><\/script>\r\n<script  src=\"http:\/\/scripts.chitika.net\/eminimalls\/amm.js\" type=\"text\/javascript\">\r\n<\/script>\r\n<br\/><\/div>\r\n<?php } ?>\n<\/div>\n\n<div style=\"font-size: 0px; height: 0px; line-height: 0px; margin: 0; padding: 0; clear: both;\"><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It&#8217;s amazing how many plants are coming up in my garden. Every time I either look outside or go outside to look at the garden I notice how much the plants have grown or new green shoots coming up in areas that were barren the day before. The monkshood is already making an appearance: This [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[16,8,39,10,36,45],"tags":[4170,129,4171,4172,89,1398,216,3249,245,290,523,3626,583,95,97,740,85,227,228,157,101,102,4173,258,159,3910,299,236,4174,175,320,110,111,113,707,1676,3983,1724,644,1735,1400,4175,119,1037,1227,694,253,3379],"class_list":{"0":"post-944","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-garden-buzz","7":"category-garden-tips","8":"category-home-and-lifestyle","9":"category-perennials","10":"category-photography","11":"category-toronto","12":"tag-aconitum-arendsii-azure-blue","13":"tag-autumn","14":"tag-azure-blue","15":"tag-azure-blue-monkshood","16":"tag-backyard","17":"tag-beautiful","18":"tag-beds","19":"tag-bicolor-monkshood","20":"tag-bloom","21":"tag-blooming","22":"tag-blooms","23":"tag-color","24":"tag-easy-to-grow","25":"tag-flower","26":"tag-flowers","27":"tag-foliage","28":"tag-garden","29":"tag-garden-bed","30":"tag-garden-beds","31":"tag-green","32":"tag-grow","33":"tag-growing","34":"tag-growing-monkshood","35":"tag-height","36":"tag-holly","37":"tag-hybrid","38":"tag-july","39":"tag-leaves","40":"tag-moist-soil","41":"tag-monkshood","42":"tag-photo","43":"tag-plant","44":"tag-planted","45":"tag-plants","46":"tag-poisonous","47":"tag-propagate","48":"tag-puppy","49":"tag-rebloom","50":"tag-september","51":"tag-shade","52":"tag-shrub","53":"tag-species","54":"tag-spring","55":"tag-stalk","56":"tag-stalks","57":"tag-sunlight","58":"tag-tidy","59":"tag-variety","60":"entry"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/feverishthoughts.com\/garden\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/944","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/feverishthoughts.com\/garden\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/feverishthoughts.com\/garden\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/feverishthoughts.com\/garden\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/feverishthoughts.com\/garden\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=944"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/feverishthoughts.com\/garden\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/944\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/feverishthoughts.com\/garden\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=944"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/feverishthoughts.com\/garden\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=944"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/feverishthoughts.com\/garden\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=944"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}