By Greenwich
Are There any summer flowering aconites, like the winter one?
- 16 Feb, 2014
Answers
Hi, welcome to GoY, several species of Aconite flower in summer to autumn, I'll list a few below;
A. anthora, flowers mid and late summer,
A. 'blue sceptre' from midsummer to early autumn,
A. ' bressingham spire' midsummer to early autumn,
A. x cammarum cultivars, mid and late summer,
A. carmichaelii, early autumn,
A. lycoctonum, { wolfbane} mid and late summer,
A. napellus { monkshood} mid and late summer.
This is just a small selection, but as Mg says, none like the winter 1, Derek.
16 Feb, 2014
Aconitums are not the same as Aconites.
Eranthis hyemalis (and other species) are the winter flowering Aconites. Aconitums aka Monkshoods are a different thing altogether. This is the trouble with using common names.
16 Feb, 2014
Agree Owdb…
16 Feb, 2014
I always thought Aconites were related to buttercups.
17 Feb, 2014
Yes Urbanite they are a part of the Ranunculaceae family, as are Aconitum.
17 Feb, 2014
That's a surprise MG! (ie Aconitum belonging to Ranuculaceae)
17 Feb, 2014
Ah well - the world is full of surprises!
17 Feb, 2014
Just as it was a surprise not to get any rain on Sunday (in the south)
17 Feb, 2014
I am not trying to be funny so don't shoot me down, surely that means the answer to the actual question is a yes, I've just been reading up on them as to the differences....
19 Feb, 2014
Lincslass the Ranunculaceae family has a huge number of genera take a look
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ranunculaceae
doesn't mean they are all the same… Now if they belonged to the same genera then the answer would be yes.
19 Feb, 2014
I have an idea that there are a couple of ornamental single flowered buttercups that would pass muster. I've seen spearwort grown as an ornamental (having been inadvertently imported when some frogs were rescued from a pond in the way of a housing development)
19 Feb, 2014
I did Mg which is why I asked the question, there are differing answers on various pages, trace both aconite/aconitum and depending on which article you are reading as to whether they are classified as belonging to the same family, also noticed whilst browsing how often the classification lists alter over the years, can be very confusing and obviously I guess amongst some circles could create some mega debates as to which is the absolute parent so to speak, bit like the chicken or the egg...what is the correct answer now was probably different in our grandads time....
I tell you what I now know how to poison or cure someone, lol, its fascinating if you have the time to really study them.....
19 Feb, 2014
The botanists keep changing things, hence a plant will move from one genus to another… all very annoying to us folk who just want to grow plants!
19 Feb, 2014
That is so true, lol.....
19 Feb, 2014
Not that I am aware of
16 Feb, 2014