Angelica sylvestris 'Vicar's Mead'
Angelica sylvestris 'Vicar's Mead' is an 8 foot tall wild angelica with large, red-purple umbrella-shaped flowers, stalks and foliage.
Description:
Angelica sylvestris 'Vicar's Mead' adds drama, architecture, and vertical appeal to the sunny garden. This is a giant up to 8 feet tall with bold, ornamental, pinnate, red-purple leaves and ridged stems. The large umbrella-shaped umbels have purple flowers that lighten to pink and white as they mature. A robust biennial or a short-lived perennial that will reseed delightfully in the garden and provide a triking contrast to other green foliage plants in the mid to back of the border or wildlife garden. A magnet for pollinators and beneficials insects.
Common Name: Wild Angelica
Family: Apiaceae (The Carrot/Parsley Family)
Zone Hardiness: 4-8
Light: Full Sun, Part Sun, Part Shade
Height: 6-10'
Width: 3-5'
Primary Bloom Colour: Purple
Secondary Bloom Colour: White/Cream
Class: Deciduous
Type: Perennial
Bloom Time: Summer - Fall
Soil Moisture: Average, Moist
Stem Colour: Purple
Fragrance: No
Berries:
Benefits: Butterflies, Bees
Deer Resistant: Unknown
BC Native: No
Native Habitat: Forests, grasslands, and banks of streams.
Award:
Geogrpahical Origin: Asia and the Pacific - Asia - China and Japan
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