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The yellow pearl

THIS WEEK IN THE GARDEN: Aconites do not grow from bulbs, but tubers, and form charming little clumps, unassuming and so small that if they were to flower later in the year they would pass unnoticed.

Usually flowering even before the snowdrop, the aconite is a tiny spring gem. Aconites do not grow from bulbs, but tubers, and form charming little clumps, unassuming and so small that if they were to flower later in the year they would pass unnoticed.