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- The Eisenhut: a perennial with a particularly beautiful flower
- Experience the flowering of the Eisenhut in your own garden
- Important tips for use as a cut flower
- Tips
The bloom of the Eisenhut reminds, as the name already says, remotely on small hats
The Eisenhut: a perennial with a particularly beautiful flower
The Eisenhut has received over the centuries the most diverse trivial names, which often refer to the peculiar flower form. After all, the single flowers look quite like a knight's helmet.
Experience the flowering of the Eisenhut in your own garden
The following trivial names are but a few examples of the many trivial names given to the Eisenhut in different regions:
The wild form of the Blue Eisenhut (Aconitum napellus) still grows today on many mountain slopes of the Alps and the German low mountain ranges, as it rather estimates cool and evenly humid locations. If you sow the Eisenhut also in your garden in a place with as clayey ground as possible then you can look depending on subspecies from July to September or even later on a perennial bloom.
Important tips for use as a cut flower
There are often more single flowers on each stalk of the genus of the genus Eisenhuts than in the wild form. Since all parts of the Eisenhut are highly poisonous, this should only be touched with gloves. The installation as a cut flower in a vase on the dining table is not recommended, since this accident has already happened with accidentally consumed parts of the flower. In general, this extremely poisonous ornamental plant should only be installed in households without children or pets, in which all residents know about the danger of this still beautiful flowering plant. The flowers should be cut when about 30% of the single flowers are opened.
Tips
Although the iron hat is also used as a medical remedy, it is highly recommended to do your own experiments with this plant. Already a consumption of about 2 grams of the root can lead to serious poisoning with fatal consequences.