Re: Angelica gigas ..

In a message dated 8/22/02 4:02:30 AM Eastern Daylight Time, mtalt@hort.net 
writes:

<< TAG.  And, maybe the article was about Barry and talked about the
 plant as a side issue.  Really, sometimes I think my brain died
 several years ago...most annoying >>

That is funny, same as the rest of us and worse in the summer's heat.   I 
read the today that the president is accused of "drift" this summer in paying 
attention to the details of running the country and it seem like the rest of 
us have the same affliction. 
So maybe, Marge, maybe you just have "drift".  The pres is featured in 
today's paper "cutting brush" which he says is satisfying.  A chain saw, some 
action the job is done.  Not as the knottier problems we face in the garden 
and elsewhere.  I can relate to the efficient feeling cutting brush must give.

I think A. gigas is monocarpic in that dies after blooming which in the north 
can take three years or more.  It also grows at various heights depending on 
how much water it receives.  My experience with gigas is that you must 
collect the seed and replant it in some area where you can keep an eye on it. 
 The seed falls late in the summer and my not be able to germinate in the 
spring here.  So for a few years I spring planted it.  The large white one 
(same as Marge, cannot remember proper names some days) sheds the seeds 
earlier and they germinate the same season.  Some or quite a lot live over.  
There are some other exotic Angelicas around but I have not tried them.  

When you raise some plants each spring from seed, you have to learn to limit 
yourself to what you can handle.  Buying seed is easy enough, all those 
babies out in the garden needing transplanting and locating is the big 
problem.  Overload in midsummer.  I severely limit myself with seeds grown 
each year although the choice is so vast, it is hard to make selections.

Did anyone notice that when you have surplus plants and are willing to give 
them to the first hand that passes by, nobody is around. It is more trouble 
finding new owners than composting them.  Calling all you your friends and 
making deliveries is time consuming.  A lot of my extras are composted.

Claire Peplowski
NYS z4

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