Just some shots of Angelica by the silver birch logs. It's about at its best right now as it quite a striking and statuesque plant. I can't imagine how it got such a name. A common name is Angels' Fishing Rods but it bears no resemblance. The Royal Horticultural Society also tells us:
Angelica Archangelica are large biennials or herbaceous perennials, some
monocarpic, with pinnately or palmately divided leaves and small white or
purple flowers in large umbels. A.
archangelica is a robust upright perennial, sometimes monocarpic, with 2 – 3 pinnate
leaves to 60cm in length, and rounded umbels of light yellow flowers in early
summer.
This is from Wikipedia and even more interesting:
Among the Sami people of Lapland, the plant is used to make
a traditional musical instrument the fadno.
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