gentlegreen wrote:
I actually harvested and germinated some seeds one year (there's a small
colony on the way home) ... but I eventually chickened out and planted an
angelica instead.

I'm so so glad my colleagues didn't try to pick some up. They know how
much I love umbels flowers too ... Here's one flower from another
picture they took.

http://cjoint.com/?fArpMftvJE

But the giant hogweed has by far the sexiest umbels IMHO - like champagne
glasses :-)

Funny how the things one really wish to have are usually very hard or
dangerous to get )