Life Span
Perennial
Perennial
Type
Flowering Plants, Perennial
Needled or Scaled Evergreen
Origin
-
Western United States, Canada
Types
Yellow Monkshood, Carmichael's Monkshood, Kamchatka Aconite
Pinus lambertiana
Number of Varieties
2505
0
40000
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Habitat
low mountains
Woodland Garden Canopy
USDA Hardiness Zone
4-8-9999
0
99
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AHS Heat Zone
-
8-1
Sunset Zone
1a, 1b, 2a, 2b, 3a, 3b, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24
7, 8, 9, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24
Habit
Upright/Erect
Oval or Rounded
Plant Size
Minimum Height
130.00 cm1,520.00 cm
0
3900
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Minimum Width
80.00 cm760.00 cm
0
6350
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Plant Color
Flower Color
Blue, Violet
-
Flower Color Modifier
-
Bicolor
Fruit Color
-
Brown, Sandy Brown
Leaf Color in Spring
Green
-
Leaf Color in Summer
Green
-
Leaf Color in Fall
Green
-
Leaf Color in Winter
Green
-
Shape
Leaf Shape
Upright
Needle like
Thorns
✔
✘
✔
✘
Plant Season
Fall, Summer
Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter
Growing Conditions
Sunlight
Full Sun, Partial shade
Full Sun
Growth Rate
Medium
Medium
Type of Soil
Moist
Loam
The pH of Soil
-
Acidic, Neutral
Soil Drainage
Well drained
Well drained
Bloom Time
Early Fall, Late Summer
-
Repeat Bloomer
✔
✘
✔
✘
Tolerances
-
Drought
Where to Plant?
Ground
Ground
How to Plant?
Divison
Cuttings, Seedlings
Plant Maintenance
Medium
Medium
Watering Plants
Watering Requirements
Do Not over Water, Requires regular watering
Water three times weekly in summer
In Summer
Lots of watering
Lots of watering
In Spring
Moderate
Moderate
In Winter
Average Water
Average Water
Soil
Soil pH
Neutral
Acidic, Neutral
Soil Type
Average, Moist
Loam
Soil Drainage Capacity
Well drained
Well drained
Sun Exposure
Partial Sun
Full Sun
Pruning
Remove damaged leaves
Remove damaged leaves, Remove dead branches, Remove dead leaves
Fertilizers
All-Purpose Liquid Fertilizer
27-3-3 ratio, Requires high amount of nitrogen
Pests and Diseases
Citrus leaf miner, Leaf spot, Mealy bugs, Mites, Rust, Verticillium Wilt
Blister Rust
Plant Tolerance
Drought
Drought
Flowers
✔
✘
✔
✘
Flower Petal Number
-
Single
Fruits
Showy Fruit
✔
✘
✔
✘
Edible Fruit
✔
✘
✔
✘
Fragrance
Fragrant Flower
✔
✘
✔
✘
Fragrant Fruit
✔
✘
✔
✘
Fragrant Leaf
✔
✘
✔
✘
Fragrant Bark/Stem
✔
✘
✔
✘
Showy Foliage
✔
✘
✔
✘
Showy Bark
✔
✘
✔
✘
Foliage Texture
Bold
-
Foliage Sheen
Matte
Glossy
Evergreen
✔
✘
✔
✘
Invasive
✔
✘
✔
✘
Self-Sowing
✔
✘
✔
✘
Attracts
Bees
Douglas squirrels
Allergy
breathing problems, Nausea, Rapid Heartbeat, Sweating, Vomiting, weakness
Skin irritation
Uses
Aesthetic Uses
Showy Purposes
-
Beauty Benefits
-
-
Edible Uses
✔
✘
✔
✘
Environmental Uses
-
Air purification
Plant Benefits
Medicinal Uses
Gout, Heart problems, Inflammation, Joint pain, Kidney problems, Nerve pain, Wounds
Carminative, Laxative, Opthalmic, Poultice
Part of Plant Used
Whole plant
Seeds, Wood
Other Uses
Used in herbal medicines
Adhesive, Used as a chewing gum, Used for making green dye, Vanillin flavouring is obtained as a by-product
Used As Indoor Plant
✔
✘
✔
✘
Used As Outdoor Plant
✔
✘
✔
✘
Garden Design
Cutflower, Mixed Border
Feature Plant
Botanical Name
Aconitum variegatum
PINUS lambertiana
Common Name
Aconite, Monkshood, Wolf's bane, Leopard's bane, Mousebane, Women's bane, Devil's helmet, Queen of all Poisons, or Blue rocket
Sugar pine, Sugar cone pine
In Hindi
बच्छनाभ
Sugar Pine
In German
Eisenhut
Sugar Pine
In French
aconit
Sugar Pine
In Spanish
acónito
Sugar Pine
In Greek
monkshood
Sugar Pine
In Portuguese
Aconitum
Sugar Pine
In Polish
tojad
Sugar Pine
In Latin
aconitum
Pinus
Kingdom
Plantae
Plantae
Phylum
Magnoliophyta
Coniferophyta
Class
Magnoliopsida
Pinopsida
Order
Ranunculales
Pinales
Family
Ranunculaceae
Pinaceae
Genus
Aconitum
Pinus
Clade
Angiosperms, Eudicots
-
Tribe
Delphinieae
-
Subfamily
-
Pinoideae
Number of Species
2505
1
27800
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