Indian Summer and Aconitum

A few weeks back when I was lamenting the end of summer I wondered if the wolf’s bane would finally bloom this year.  Well, we had a warm snap and right on schedule the wolf’s bane bloomed.

If you look at the bottom of the plant in the last photo you can see that the leaves have almost all died.  So this really is the last gasp of summer.

But bring on the fall and let the holidays begin.