Comments on: Angelica gigas https://www.scottarboretum.org/angelica-gigas/ Wed, 27 Aug 2025 21:46:18 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8.5 By: Becky Robert https://www.scottarboretum.org/angelica-gigas/#comment-175 Thu, 25 Jun 2015 14:36:13 +0000 http://blogs.scottarboretum.org/gardenseeds/?p=295#comment-175 In reply to Jennifer @ Oil Diffuser.

Thank you for the compliment Jennifer, but Angelica gigas is actually a biennial that stands high at 3-6 feet tall.

Happy Planting,
Becky Robert
PR and Volunteer Programs Coordinator

]]> By: Jennifer @ Oil Diffuser https://www.scottarboretum.org/angelica-gigas/#comment-174 Sat, 20 Jun 2015 03:57:15 +0000 http://blogs.scottarboretum.org/gardenseeds/?p=295#comment-174 Angelica gigas is so amazing tree. I have ever known this tree, and I am so happy to learn about wonderful benefits from this tree. Wow, It can be good for human life through curing health issues, remaining beautiful skin, and be good for soils. I really love this tree. Thank you for your sharing

]]> By: jean https://www.scottarboretum.org/angelica-gigas/#comment-173 Sat, 24 Sep 2011 19:02:03 +0000 http://blogs.scottarboretum.org/gardenseeds/?p=295#comment-173 I have a friend who gave me 2 angelicas. To me these are the most amazing plants. When they grew to 6 feet I was totally surprised. They don’t grow from the same plant every year. They make lil ones away from where they grew! Just love them

]]> By: Becky Robert https://www.scottarboretum.org/angelica-gigas/#comment-172 Wed, 31 Aug 2011 15:48:15 +0000 http://blogs.scottarboretum.org/gardenseeds/?p=295#comment-172 In reply to Ellen Wolf.

Angelica gigas, a member of the Apiaceae family, is known to attract a wide range of insects including wasps. Most of the wasp species are parasitoids of other insects, attacking the egg or larval stage of their host. The adult wasps voraciously feed on nectar and pollen and often “bully” other feeders out of the way. Identification can be daunting as there are so many wasps, many of which have yet to be formally identified. Based on your description, the wasp you described could be a beneficial in family Trigonalidae. A great reference site is Bug Guide hosted by Iowa State University Entomology. The database is comprehensive with great photographs. Another great feature is the ability to email photographs directly to them for identification.

BugGuide: http://bugguide.net/node/view/15740
Direct link to wasp page: http://bugguide.net/node/view/59

]]> By: Ellen Wolf https://www.scottarboretum.org/angelica-gigas/#comment-171 Sat, 27 Aug 2011 00:58:51 +0000 http://blogs.scottarboretum.org/gardenseeds/?p=295#comment-171 My Angelica gigas which was planted this past spring seems very happy but what kind of nectar-huingry wasps are they that are feasting all over the blossoms?
You mention these wasps in your plant-of-the-month description. They keep all other bees, wasps & butterfulies away as they swarm all over the blossoms.
They are thin, blackish looking from a distance but with numerous THIN yellow bands across the abdomen.
Thanks in advance
Ellen Wolf

]]> By: tricia https://www.scottarboretum.org/angelica-gigas/#comment-170 Fri, 11 Jun 2010 00:30:10 +0000 http://blogs.scottarboretum.org/gardenseeds/?p=295#comment-170 Wonderful to behold and great story……absolutely fell in love when I saw the picture of ‘herself’ as a specimen planting

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