species
Angelica archangelica
Garden angelica · Angelica · Holy Ghost · Wild Celery
Scale drawing from this record, beside a 1.7 m figure.
Angelica archangelica is a biennial in the family Apiaceae, also known as Garden angelica, Angelica, Holy Ghost or Wild Celery, native to the UK. It reaches 2 m tall and 1 m across in about 10 years. It grows in full sun or part shade, on loam or clay soil, where the ground is neutral and in moist conditions, and suits average positions. It flowers from June to July. Its RHS hardiness rating is H7 (very hardy): Below −20°C.
Assembled from the attributes recorded below.
What this plant needs
- Size at maturity
- 2 m tall × 1 m across, after about 10 years
- Hardiness
- H7 (RHS)
- Lifecycle
- Biennial
- Aspect
- Full sun, Part shade
- Soil
- Loam, Clay
- Acidity
- Neutral
- Moisture
- Moist
- Exposure
- Average
- In the UK
- Native
When it flowers
- Jan
- Feb
- Mar
- Apr
- May
- Jun
- Jul
- Aug
- Sep
- Oct
- Nov
- Dec
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