Angelica gigas

Angelica gigas produces giant, crimson-purple, umbrella-shaped flowers on dark stalks nearly two metres high!

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

Foliage Colour:  Bluish

Class:  Deciduous

Type:  Perennial

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Soil Moisture:  Average, Moist

Stem Colour:  Purple

Fragrance:  No

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Benefits:  Butterflies Bees

Deer Resistant:  Unknown

BC Native:  No

Native Habitat:  Forests, grasslands, and banks of streams.

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