For an excellent, tall, blue flowering perennial you would be hard pushed to find better than Aconitum Bressingham Blue Spire, Fully hardy. The flowers are a rich deep blue, fully one metre tall with sturdy stems which ensures they do not flop over so easily as some of the tall Aconitums, also known as Monkshood
This plant flowers September/October in our garden, giving a beautiful show at the moment.
Something to bear in mind about this plant is they are extremely poisonous, all parts of the plant. Of course it is always wise for us to educate the children that quite a number of the plants in our gardens are toxic, however none more so than this one.
Aconitum Bressingham Blue Spire
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