Nature has always taught us that beauty can sometimes be dangerous, so to assume that everything that grows from the earth is harmless is simply unwise. Monkshood flowers (Aconitum napellus) are a ...

The other day I noticed that the monkshood flowers were in full bloom. I don’t know of any other flower that is such a bright and pretty blue as they are. It is a bittersweet feeling when I see the ...

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. -- Monkshood, botanically known as Aconitum, is an herbaceous perennial native to mountain meadows of our northern hemisphere, Europe and Asia. Some plant-lovers are reluctant to ...

Aconitum napellus, commonly referred to as monkshood, helmet flower or wolf’s bane, is a member of the ranunculaceae family. This herbaceous plant is native to the mountainous regions of western and ...

Monkshood (Aconitum spp.), whose common name describes the flower, has a dark history. All plant parts are poisonous and it was used to poison animals (hence its other common name, wolf’s bane). In ...

The world is full of beautiful, deadly botanicals. One need not venture far to find them. Your yard or the neighbor's may host rhododendron, lily of the valley or daffodil. Ingest any of them and ...

CONTRIBUTING much to gardens these days are the dark-blue flowers of monkshood. The flowers are carried in broad spikes, reaching to about waist-high. The deep-blue colour of the flowers is a very ...

Monkshood's history as a dangerously poisonous plant makes it one of the wonders of the botanic world. An arrow dipped in Aconitum may have brought down Achilles, or so it is speculated. The plant may ...

Following the recent report about the death of a gardener, apparently from handling monkshood, Guy Barter, Chief Horticultural Advisor at the RHS, has this advice: Aconitum is a very poisonous plant ...

Ah, monkshood. Magnificent. Majestic. Utterly marvellous in the fall garden. And talk about a late bloomer. Mine (shown here) didn’t start showing off its fascinating hoodlike flowers until the ...

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