Advantages: GOOD RELIEF FOR WINDY PROBLEMS Disadvantages: REPARATION TIME
Angelica is a lush large leaved herb with hollow ridged thick stems.It likes a deep moist soil and light shade.A likely area for it to be found would be river-banks and damp meadows,However so as not to have danger of identification, it in my opinion would be best to grow your own. The stems being cut before the midsummer for crystallizing.The ripe seed in the late summer, and the roots can be dug up in autumn.
The life span is about three years and it grows to approxiametly three to eight feet in height and it is a biennial.
It name is thought to have come from the fact that it bloomed around the feast day of the Archangel Michael,the great defender,who appeared in a vision to explain its protective powers against evil.
The seeds are like a buffy colour about a quarter of an inch in size,The dried root being the strongest ...
linda01865 03.09.2001
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Advantages: some medicinal values Disadvantages: not the prettiest of plants
ANGELICA (WILD) Angelica Sylvestris
Also known as: angelweed, woodland angelica, European wild angelica, root of the holy ghost.
Angelica can grow 5 to 8 feet tall, needs rich, moist, well-drained soil in partial shade. The seeds require light for germination; do not cover with soil if planning to establish plants. The plant will produce seeds only once, usually in its second or third year. If you cut the flowers back before they seed each summer, thus extending it's life, the plant will continue to grow for years to come. Angelica is a biennial producing foliage the first year and stems and flowers the second. Flowers time is June to August. It dies back in the winter (no frost protection is necessary). Collect ripe seed in late summer and sow in early autumn. The seeds are fairly large and coated with a straw-like substance ...
stezatois1 28.07.2007
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Advantages: Extremely versatile plant, can be used as a medicimal remedy as well as in cooking. Disadvantages: Must not be used by diabetics or pregnant women.
For centuries, people in the West associated angelica with magic and sorcery and so wore angelica leaf necklaces to protect themselves against spells and illness. They also felt that its presence in the garden or a kitchen cupboard would protect them against charges of witchcraft.
Angelica plants prefer the coolest part of the garden, and like slightly acid, rich and moist soil. They grow quite tall and therefore, may need supported. They have bright green basal leaves, which divide into oval leaflets, and when young, their stems are red in colour. The angelica plant produces large clusters of yellow flowers from late spring through to summer, after which it will seed itself.
Both the root and the stems can be used as treatments to many health problems, for instance: it can be used as an expectorant, a diuretic, as a general ...
Shekera 15.10.2001
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