Angelica archangelica
- Good for Cutting
- Loved by Garden Birds
- Loved by Pollinators
- Self-sows
- Scented
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Super productive variety
Easy to grow
A magnificent plant both in the garden and vase, and a natural sweetener
This perennial grows to statuesque proportions and has rounded umbels of light yellow flowers in early summer turning to beautiful seed pods which look fantastic dried.
Use angelica leaves when cooking rhubarb or gooseberries and the flavour cuts through the acidity removing the need to use as much sugar. Angelica can also be used for decorating cakes, if you simmer the young shoots then store them in sugar.
- Good for Cutting
- Loved by Garden Birds
- Loved by Pollinators
- Self-sows
- Scented
Product details
- Type
- Biennial or Short-lived Perennial
- Position
- Border (Back)
- Soil
- Broad Tolerance
- Flowers
- May - July (with wonderful seedpods after that).
- Height
- 2.1m (7ft)
- Common name
- Garden Angelica
- Moisture
- Moist but Well-drained
- Aspect
- Part Shade
- Spread
- 1.2m (4ft)
- Cultivation
- Sow May-June direct where it is to grow, or in a seed tray outside to be planted out August-September. Transplant when young as older plants dislike being moved.
Care Tips
Grow angelica in moist soil in partial shade. Great on the back of a border. Mulch annually with well-rotted manure or compost. May nee support.
Flowering Time
May - July (with wonderful seedpods after that).
