Life Span
Perennial
Perennial
Type
Flowering Plants, Perennial
Broadleaf Evergreen
Origin
-
Eastern Asia, China, Japan, Korea
Types
Yellow Monkshood, Carmichael's Monkshood, Kamchatka Aconite
Cleyera japonica ‘Tricolor’
Number of Varieties
2501
0
40000
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Habitat
low mountains
Warmer regions
USDA Hardiness Zone
4-86-10
0
99
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AHS Heat Zone
-
-
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
21,22
Habit
Upright/Erect
Oval or Rounded
Plant Size
Minimum Height
130.00 cm2,240.00 cm
0
3900
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Minimum Width
80.00 cm150.00 cm
0
6350
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Plant Color
Flower Color
Blue, Violet
White, Yellow
Flower Color Modifier
-
Bicolor
Fruit Color
-
Yellow, Red, Bronze
Leaf Color in Spring
Green
Red, Dark Green, Bronze
Leaf Color in Summer
Green
Dark Green
Leaf Color in Fall
Green
Dark Green
Leaf Color in Winter
Green
Dark Green, Burgundy, Bronze
Shape
Leaf Shape
Upright
Ovate
Thorns
✔
✘
✔
✘
Plant Season
Fall, Summer
Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter
Growing Conditions
Sunlight
Full Sun, Partial shade
Full Sun, Partial Sun, Partial shade, Full Shade
Growth Rate
Medium
Slow
Type of Soil
Moist
Clay, Loam, Sand
The pH of Soil
-
Acidic, Neutral
Soil Drainage
Well drained
Well drained
Bloom Time
Early Fall, Late Summer
Late Spring, Early Summer
Repeat Bloomer
✔
✘
✔
✘
Tolerances
-
Drought, Salt
Where to Plant?
Ground
Container, Ground, Pot
How to Plant?
Divison
Tip cutting
Plant Maintenance
Medium
Medium
Watering Plants
Watering Requirements
Do Not over Water, Requires regular watering
Water 1 in. per week during the active growing period, Water more frequently during periods of extreme drought
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
Clay, Loam, Sand
Soil Drainage Capacity
Well drained
Well drained
Sun Exposure
Partial Sun
Full Sun, Partial Sun, Partial shade, Full Shade
Pruning
Remove damaged leaves
Remove damaged leaves, Remove dead branches, Remove dead leaves
Fertilizers
All-Purpose Liquid Fertilizer
All-Purpose Liquid Fertilizer
Pests and Diseases
Citrus leaf miner, Leaf spot, Mealy bugs, Mites, Rust, Verticillium Wilt
Red blotch
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
Medium
Foliage Sheen
Matte
Glossy
Evergreen
✔
✘
✔
✘
Invasive
✔
✘
✔
✘
Self-Sowing
✔
✘
✔
✘
Attracts
Bees
Bees, pollinators
Allergy
breathing problems, Nausea, Rapid Heartbeat, Sweating, Vomiting, weakness
Mild Allergen
Uses
Aesthetic Uses
Showy Purposes
Cottage Garden, Formal Garden, Informal Hedge, Landscape Designing, Mixed Border, Used for making hedges, Used in parkland
Beauty Benefits
-
-
Edible Uses
✔
✘
✔
✘
Environmental Uses
-
Air purification
Plant Benefits
Medicinal Uses
Gout, Heart problems, Inflammation, Joint pain, Kidney problems, Nerve pain, Wounds
-
Part of Plant Used
Whole plant
extracted oil, Leaves, Seeds, Stem
Other Uses
Used in herbal medicines
Used as a building material, Used as fuel
Used As Indoor Plant
✔
✘
✔
✘
Used As Outdoor Plant
✔
✘
✔
✘
Garden Design
Cutflower, Mixed Border
Container, Feature Plant, Foundation, Hedges, Houseplant, Mixed Border, Screening, Wind Break, Topiary, Bonsai, Espalier
Botanical Name
Aconitum variegatum
TERNSTROEMIA gymnanthera 'Conthera'
Common Name
Aconite, Monkshood, Wolf's bane, Leopard's bane, Mousebane, Women's bane, Devil's helmet, Queen of all Poisons, or Blue rocket
Cleyera Japonica, Sakaki Tree, Japanese ternstroemia
In Hindi
बच्छनाभ
Cleyera
In German
Eisenhut
Sakaki
In French
aconit
Cleyera
In Spanish
acónito
Cleyera
In Greek
monkshood
Cleyera
In Portuguese
Aconitum
Cleyera
In Polish
tojad
Cleyera
In Latin
aconitum
Ternstroemia Gymnanthera
Kingdom
Plantae
Plantae
Phylum
Magnoliophyta
Tracheophyta
Class
Magnoliopsida
Magnoliopsida
Order
Ranunculales
Theales
Family
Ranunculaceae
Theaceae
Genus
Aconitum
Cleyera
Clade
Angiosperms, Eudicots
Angiosperms, Asterids, Eudicots
Tribe
Delphinieae
Freziereae
Subfamily
-
-
Number of Species
25018
1
27800
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