ANGELICA

CLASSIC FOOD PARTNERS

 Salads, Stewed Fruit, Fruit Cake.

COOKING

 YOUNG LEAVES - have a warm spicy celery flavour. Add sparingly to salads.
DRIED LEAVES - delicate tea substitute.
STEMS - are added to stewed fruit or candied for cake decoration.

HEALTH

 Traditionally roots used by herbalists for coughs, colds and bronchial trouble.

LANDSCAPING

 A tall stately plant when in flower. For shady herb and cottage gardens.

PEST CONTROL

 The large flower heads attracts insect predators such as ladybirds and hoverflies.

CULTIVATION

 Wet! Frost hardy Biennial. Height 2 m. Width 1m.

BOTANIC NAME

 Angelica archangelica