Angelica – 100 Seeds

Bring old-world charm and herbal tradition to your garden with Angelica (Angelica archangelica), a majestic biennial herb admired for both its beauty and usefulness. Flowering plants tower up to 5–6 feet tall, with bold, aromatic stems and large, rounded clusters of pale green to white umbels that attract pollinators and add striking structure to herb gardens or borders. For centuries, Angelica has been prized for teas and confections, with candied stems a classic European treat and its stems and roots used for flavoring liqueurs such as Chartreuse and Benedictine.

Angelica grows best in cool, moist, rich soil with some shade. Seeds need light to germinate and benefit from 3–4 weeks of cold stratification; sow fresh seed promptly, as it loses viability quickly. Plants form leafy rosettes the first year and flower in the second or third year, after which they usually die. In warm regions (zones 8–10), sow in fall and give plants afternoon shade and steady moisture.

Note: Angelica resembles poisonous wild relatives such as water hemlock. Only use plants you have grown from known seed.