Tested & packed on 8/31/20, 80% Germ.

Grow Zones: 4,5,6,7,8

Other names: purplestem angelica, great angelica, American angelica, high angelica, and masterwort

 

This herbaceous meaty herb grows 3-10 ft stalks when mature and is both used in meals and medicinally. For meals, the stalks are cooked alongside meats that go well with sweet sauces as it tastes reminiscent to berries!  Great Angelica seeds can be pressed for their oil in flavoring foods. The root, seed, and fruit are used as medicine. The Angelica Atropurpurea species is used to support bodily functions that when are not working properly can cause heartburn, intestinal gas, loss of appetite, arthritis, circulation issues, runny noses (respiratory catarrh), nervousness, plagues, and troubled sleeping patterns (insomnia).

 

Regarding ornamental value, Great Angelica Atropurpurea stalks turn a dark purple when matured while the tops stay green or turn white--which makes for a beautiful contrast. Be sure to add American Angelica to your herb garden today.

 

Germination instructions: For the best germination rates, plant the seeds in the fall by sprinkling and gently pressing them down over the surface of the soil. Do not cover, as the seeds require sunlight to germinate. When natural outdoor temperatures vary from extreme cold to 60-75 degrees, the seeds begin to germinate and sprout.

 

If not sown during fall (or at the latest in early spring), you can still start the seeds... The following measures need to be taken: Cold stratify Angelica seeds in the freezer for 60 days (wrap in moist paper towel and seal it all in a ziplock container). Then leave seeds in 60-75 degree temperatures inside your home for another month. Repeat cold stratification one more time (60 days again) to simulate varying temperatures that occur in temperate climate zones when they fluctuate naturally (fall-winter-spring). Then plant them outside in the same manner as stated above.