PlantFiles: Angelica
Angelica archangelica

It needs LOTS of Water in 7a in containers, but it is a beautiful plant. Have it in white nd pink

I grew this from seed and planted it in a container. As it grew I potted it on to larger containers. In a large container it only grew to about 2 to 3 foot tall and took five years before blooming.

I have it growing in a fairly shady area that not much else will grow in, and it does fine. Seeds are slow to germinate.

For dried stored (not new fresh) seed stratification yields best results. With stratification sowing and germinating was easy for me. Plants produce attractive large palmate leaves. Mine is in its second year and has not yet bloomed .... although it may have not had enough time to grow its first year. Plant is used for medicinal and flavoring purposes. Flavor is green licoricey/celery-like.... with a sort of pungency and coolness.

I love this plant. I lived in Wisconsin for a brief period of time. During that time, I lived near a wooded area where I would forage for wild edible plants. Angelica was one of the best plants that I could find there. It has a wonderful flavor - like a cross between celery and licorice. I would harvest the plant by removing just one or two stems- not the whole plant - so that the organism could keep on living and reproduce. I highly recomment this plant. It is also called wild celery. CAUTION - - - Be very careful if you want to eat this plant. Be Positive of it's identification. It bears a close resemblance to poison Hemlock, and it shares the same habitat. I have found the two within 100 yards of each other. Poison Hemlock will kill you if you eat it, so be careful!

This tall upright herb is native to Northern Europe. It reaches up to 6 feet or more when in bloom. Flowers are showy round umbels of chartreuse flowers that can be 10 inches in diameter. Plants prefer a rich, moist soil in partial shade but will tolerate drier conditions. Leaves are celery-like and divided into three diamond shaped leaflets. Plants are strongly aromatic and used to flavor wines and perfumes. Candied stems were a popular confection of the French. Angelica is a biennial but if spent flowers are re-moved before seed is set the plants will continue to return after winter. If seeds are allowed to mature self sown seedlings will appear the following spring and can be re-located to other areas of the garden.