MONTY’S PLANT OF THE WEEK

WINTER ACONITE (Eranthis hyemalis) The wonderful yellow buttercup petals are starting to appear on winter aconites, which grow from a tuber but are best planted as young plants either now or in the weeks after flowering has finished. The flowers open only in full sun so plant where they’ll receive at least some sunshine; they’re often positioned around the base of deciduous trees and are happy there as long as it’s not too dry. ‘Guinea Gold’ flowers a little later than the common aconite, and produces a more egg-yolk orange shade of flower with a dramatically contrasting bronzed fringe.