General Information

  • Category- Flower
  • Binomial Name- Aconitum napellus
  • Common Names- Wolf’s bane, leopard bane, aconite
  • Spread- 6 inches**
  • Height- 36 inches**
  • Average Production- 10-12 flowers per plant
  • Days to Maturity- 730-1025 days*

Environmental Requirements

  • Soil-  Well-drained soils
  • Soil pH- 5.8-6.8
  • Soil moisture- 15%
  • Sun Requirements- Full Sun
  • Best Time to Plant- Fall or early Winter (From August to November )

Tips to Grow Monk’s Hood

  1. Arrange good quality monk’s hood seeds.
  2. The soil should be well drained and slightly acidic. Mix some organic matter into the soil before planting the seeds. Keep the soil moist but not soggy.
  3. Plant the seeds 1⁄8 inch deep and keep 1 inch space between two consecutive plants.
  4. Thin the seedlings to 1 or 1 ½ feet apart. They usually will not bloom the first year after being transplanted into the garden. Plant them 1 to 1 ½ feet apart.
  5. Spread a two- to three-inch depth of organic mulch around the monkshood plant. This will help to keep the soil cool and moist.
  6. Deadhead flowers as they die: Deadheading means removing the dead flower stalks as the flowers fade or after they are killed off by a hard frost.
  7. When you deadhead flowers, it allows the plant to put its energy towards growing new blooms.

** The values are standard values but might change a bit.

*To get flowers quickly, the users can buy plants from nursery.

Flowers