If you must move your plants or propagate new ones, perennial monkshood can be divided, but the results are not always successful. If you must transplant, do it in early spring or late fall. Carefully tease the fragile roots apart and replant the crowns just below the soil surface.

When should I cut down monkshood?

Leave old monkshood foliage over the winter and prune in spring. Known for its rich colors in the fall garden, Aconitum is a long-lived perennial.

How do you propagate monkshood?

To sow inside, place seeds in water or moistened soil and freeze for three weeks. Germinate at cool temperatures between 55 and 60 degrees. The seeds are best sown as soon as they are ripe in a cold frame. Seed life (can be stored, short shelf-life, long shelf-life) – The seed life is very short for monkshood.