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Eranthis hyemalis (Winter Aconite) - ten in-the-green bulbs

£9.95
Aspect:
Full Sun
Aspect:
Light/Partial Shade
Soil Type:
Most Types
Colour:
Yellow
Eranthis hyemalis (Winter Aconite) - ten in-the-green bulbs

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Plant Overview

Winter Aconites produce a bright display of golden yellow buttercup-like flowers, surrounded by divided leafy bracts, from February to April. An efficient ground cover plant, it quickly spreads and makes a dramatic yellow carpet just as the first snowdrops begin to bloom. It’s perfect for planting beneath trees or naturalising in grass.

Combine with snowdrops and fritillaries for a wonderful effect. Can also be planted in containers. Dies back underground to tubers over summer and shoots again the following winter.

Only available for a short period in late winter, you are buying ten 'in the green bulbs' for the price stated above. Add 2 to the basket to buy 20 bulbs and so on. 'In the green' means that you are buying bulbs which are shooting and/or have leaves (which is the most reliable means of transplanting Winter Aconites). 

DELIVERY IS FREE FOR BULB-ONLY ORDERS. OR COMBINE WITH PLANT ORDERS FOR OUR STANDARD SHIPPING RATES.

Awarded the RHS Award of Garden Merit.

A useful early food source for bees.

Height: 10cm

Common names: Winter Aconite

Synonym: Aconitum hyemale

Advantages of 'in the green' bulbs:

  • root system is already developed
  • you can see where you plant, avoiding bare patches and gluts
  • easy to handle and no guessing which way up to plant
  • plants establish much quicker and more reliably than dry bulbs
  • plant from mid-January through to April

POISONOUS IF INGESTED

 

 

 

 

Photo 1: Bengt Nyman, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Photo 2: Smaragdenstadt-Fanpage, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

All our plants are supplied in 9cm pots unless otherwise specified. Plants in this size pot establish quickly in the garden and often outpace plants in bigger pots planted at the same time. Our potted plants can be planted immediately, unless otherwise noted, or you can leave them in their pots until you are ready to plant.
The majority of our plants are grown outdoors. This means that they follow their natural growth patterns and are ready to plant at any time of the year. If you order the plants in winter, they are likely to be dormant and died back to ground level, ready to shoot again in spring - just like the herbaceous perennials in your own garden. Very occasionally, in winter and early spring, we may indicate on the packing slip that a plant needs to be hardened off before planting out. This will be because it has just come out of a polytunnel. If you have any questions about our plants or growing methods, please feel free to drop us an email.
We grow most of what we sell ourselves, in our nursery in the Buckinghamshire countryside. Our prices include VAT at 20%.
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