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Angelica Gigas

UnionworkerukUnionworkeruk Posts: 187
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I see these now being advertised in 9cm and 2L pots. Wiil either or both flower this summer ?
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  • GardenerSuzeGardenerSuze Posts: 5,692
    edited February 2023
    I have tried to grow this plant a few times but without success. I would also be interested in forum members have to say. It is biennial so my thought would be the 2L to ensure flowers this year.
    I have worked as a Gardener for 24 years. My latest garden is a new build garden on heavy clay.
  • nutcutletnutcutlet Posts: 27,445
    the big Umbellifers tend to be monocarpic rather than biennial and can take more than 2 years to flower. I would say no chance for the 9cm pot


    In the sticks near Peterborough
  • PerkiPerki Posts: 2,527
    Likely with the 2L but not with the 9cm , I have grown them before they are quite  large plants tall with large leaves. Wasps went bananas for it the last time I grow it .  
  • GardenerSuzeGardenerSuze Posts: 5,692
    @nutcutlet Didn't realise it was monocarpic maybe explains my failures.
    I have worked as a Gardener for 24 years. My latest garden is a new build garden on heavy clay.
  • nutcutletnutcutlet Posts: 27,445
    GardenerSuze said:
    @nutcutlet Didn't realise it was monocarpic maybe explains my failures.
    Maybe, mine have never appeared again after the first season, never had a flower yet


    In the sticks near Peterborough
  • PerkiPerki Posts: 2,527
    Slugs are fond of them that's where they probably went. They do die after flowering I prefer the sylevestris varieties like vicar mead . 
    A. Gigas

    I believe a Sylevestris variety at gresgarth hall, more elegant 

  • nutcutletnutcutlet Posts: 27,445
    Perki said:
    Slugs are fond of them that's where they probably went. They do die after flowering I prefer the sylevestris varieties like vicar mead . 
    A. Gigas

    I believe a Sylevestris variety at gresgarth hall, more elegant 

    Do the sylvestris seed true to that purple colour @Perki, the ordinary green ones do well here


    In the sticks near Peterborough
  • ButtercupdaysButtercupdays Posts: 4,546
    I had one that flowered, it was a magnificent thing and attracted lots of insects. It died and after several years  2 plants appeared some distance away, in our 'boggy triangle', carried there by rain/water courses. They both flowered last year, though I couldn't get near them as it was so boggy.
    A number of seedlings have also shown up, not far away from where the original plant grew. They remained quite small last year and I am waiting to see what happens this year. The area is not one where such a giant is particularly welcome, let alone half a dozen. However, I suspect they will not transplant well, so may just select one to carry on the family line, knowing it is just for one year :)
    If it seems likely to flourish I may have to move other plants instead!
    It will be interesting to see if the triangle ones leave any progeny, though they could appear some way away if they hitch a watery ride. Fortunately it is a native plant, so I need not feel guilty, but someone downstream may get a surprise in a year or two  :)

  • PerkiPerki Posts: 2,527
    nutcutlet said:
    Perki said:
    Slugs are fond of them that's where they probably went. They do die after flowering I prefer the sylevestris varieties like vicar mead . 
    A. Gigas

    I believe a Sylevestris variety at gresgarth hall, more elegant 

    Do the sylvestris seed true to that purple colour @Perki, the ordinary green ones do well here
    I don't know if they come true , Chiltern seeds usually have some available.
  • nutcutletnutcutlet Posts: 27,445
    thanks Perki


    In the sticks near Peterborough
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