Visnaga daucoides
Family - Apiaceae
Category - Annual, biennial
Origin - Central Europe, Western Asia, North Africa
Season of Interest - Summer
Hardiness - H6
Height - 1.2m
Description: An annual plant, sometimes treated as a Biennial, with bright green, fern-like foliage. Large, lacy umbels of small, white flowers are produced through the summer. Flowers are popular with bees and butterflies and are excellent for use as cut flowers. Visnaga daucoides (aka Ammi visnaga) has slightly larger and more domed umbels than the similar Ammi majus.
Synonym - Ammi visnaga
Flower:
Many small white flowers in large, compound umbels are produced from July (sometimes earlier) into September. The flowers of Visnaga daucoides are often used in the cut flower trade.
Flower colour: White
Flower shape: Compound umbel
Flowering time: July, August, September
Foliage:
Airy, mid-green, finely Divided pinnate foliage.
Foliage Senescence: Deciduous
Foliage Shape: Pinnate
Propagation:
Cultivation:
Best in full sun to partial shade in fertile, moisture retentive, but well drained soil.