Experience the bloom of the monkshood in your own garden
The following common names are just a few examples of the many common names given to monkshood in different regions:
- Isenhütlein
- Fischerkip
- Cap flowers
- Paperboard
- Balaclava
- Monk's cap
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The wild form of the blue monkshood (Aconitum napellus) still grows today on many mountain slopes in the Alps and the German low mountain ranges, because they are rather cool and even damp locations appreciate. If you also have the monkshood in your garden in a place with as clay-rich soil as possible sowing then you can choose depending on the subspecies of July to September or look forward to a long-lasting bloom later.
Important tips for using it as a cut flower
In the cultivars of monkshood there are often more individual flowers on each stem than in the wild form. Since all parts of the monkshood are highly toxic, it should only be touched with gloves. Setting up a cut flower in a vase on the dining table is not recommended, as this has already resulted in accidents with accidentally eaten parts of the flower. In general, this extremely poisonous ornamental plant should only be placed in households without children or pets in which all residents know about the dangers of this beautiful flowering plant.
Cut the flowers should be when about 30% of the individual flowers are open.Tips
Although monkshood is also used as a medicinal remedy, you are strongly advised not to experiment with this plant yourself. Consumption of just 2 grams of the root can lead to severe symptoms of poisoning with fatal consequences.