Aconitum 2008

[arisaema]

Aconitum is one of my favourite genera, and one that is much underrated in the garden, so I thought I'd start off a thread for them. First to flower here are our native (and somewhat weedy) A. septentrionale, and the nice and compact A. tauricum:

[olegKon]

Thank you for pics and a good idea to start the thread. Aconitum is also one of my favourites. Buty the first will flower in several weeks in my garden

[Lesley Cox]

I like them too and some are exceedingly tough. I have a plant of A. carmichaelii `Kelmscott' which is  totally overgrown by long grass and even blackberry yet it still emerges to flower every year. I really must rescue it some time soon.

[Kristl Walek]

Happy you started this thread....I adore the genus....although nomenclature is very problematic, especially with the rarer species. No member of the genus is blooming here yet....

I should say right up front that I am always interested in seed of interesting, hardy Aconitum species...

And because I have lost it in the garden this year    I think I can break the rules of flowering times and post one of my favorites: A. heterophyllum. I had both flower colour forms (blue and purplish-pink).

[Paul T]

Wow Kristl.  The veining on that is beautiful!! 

Can't say I have much luck here with Aconitum.... have only tried a coupleof times and they rarely last more than a year or perhaps two.    A shame as I love the flowers.  The only one that persevered for a few years, but I think has finally succumbed, was A. nepallus.  Never tried growing them from seed so I have no idea whether that helps.  I have a feeling this topic may have me trying them again!

Again, beautiful pics Kristl (you too Arisaema) 

[arisaema]

True about the nomenclature, where's the "lumpers" when we need them? The pink A. heterophyllum looks very pretty, I'm sorry you lost it, at least the blue one should be easily replaced

The Indian Aconitum ferox started flowering a good week ago, it's around a meter tall, and thrives just about anywhere.

[olegKon]

The first aconitum this year. I have no idea of its botanical name. Anybody to help?

[Lvandelft]

The first aconitum this year. I have no idea of its botanical name. Anybody to help?

Oleg, it's possibly Aconitum lycoctonum or a ssp. of this.

[Rafa]

Thank you for open this thread, I am also an Aconitum enthusiast.
Beautiful pictures! A. heterophyllum is is really nice.

I'm agree this is A. lycoctomun and maybe ssp. vulvparia. It is a really difficoult genus to me because I don't find any taxonomic revision of this genus. So it is very important to kaep the names.... if you lost any label (wich is my case in many plants as the sun delete the ink) you are absolutely lost to find the correct name.

This one is Aconitum ajanense

[Paul T]

Both those last two are very nice.  I love the elegant flower shape of Olegs one.

Great stuff!! 

[olegKon]

Thanks Luit and Rafa for the ID. A. ajanense is really breathtaking. How tall is it?

[arisaema]

Great plants, and very nice pictures!

Rafa; could you please post a picture of the foliage on A. ajanense? I have a species collected near Vladivostok labeled as A. sichotense, but I am not sure if that name is valid.

Oleg; another possibility might be A. barbatum, but I have no idea how to separate them

Below;

A. delphinifolium
A. sachalinense x 2
A. columbianum climbing thru an Iris

[olegKon]

Magic plants, with A.delphinifolium the leader. I have A. barbatum but the plant doesn't seem happy this season (no flowers). The two plants look very different, with A.barbatum being much taller, having different sade of yellow in flowers and with soft leaves having narrow segments. Look at it on www.onego.ru/other/aconitum.html

[Kristl Walek]

I call the first, A. lycoctonum neapolitanum  ??

And the second A. anthora (about 30-45cm tall, very ferny foliage)  ??

[Paul T]

I love the foliage on that last one.  Interesting flowers on the delphinifolium of Arisaema's too.