Angelica gigas
Angelica gigas produces giant, crimson-purple, umbrella-shaped flowers on dark stalks nearly two metres high!
Description:
Add a bit of drama to the garden with Angelica gigas, a giant angelica that has bold, ornamental, highly-divided leaves. Large, crimson-purple, umbrella (umbel) shaped flowers are borne on dark purple stalks rising nearly two metres in height! Very attractive to pollinators and beneficials. Angelica are short-lived perennials or biennials. Allow the seeds to form and fall into the garden. They should gently re-seed here and there in the border producing fun and surprising displays. You can also move young plants about and create your own designs.
Common Name: Giant 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: Burgundy
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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