Not only its seeds and tuber are poisonous. The blossoms, leaves and stalks of the monkshood are also tough. If you still want to plant it in your own garden, you should respect its location requirements…
The monkshood likes to have cool feet
The main thing is cool and humid
The natural occurrence of monkshood is specialized for shady and moist locations. Nevertheless, this specimen from the buttercup family can also make friends with partially shaded locations. The main thing is that it is cool and humid.
The soil on which monkshood is based should have the following characteristics for good growth:
- nutritious
- humorous
- permeable
- easy to keep moist
- preferably loamy or slightly clayey
- cool
tips
In contrast to many other perennials, which look very similar to it, the monkshood is happy about a cool soil climate. You take care of this by planting ground cover around its root area.