Monkshood:Tall Straight and Late

March 31, 2007

After summer is done it becomes increasingly difficult for many gardeners to have color in their yard. However, the reality is that there is a whole host of plants that bloom after Labor Day. Monkshoods is such a plant. In my garden I have the variety named 'cloudy'. Of course as a meteorologist I like plants with a weather theme to them. However, its not just for the name I grow this plant. During fall the tall spikes of this plant will s...