Senecio Candicans Angel Wings - Ragwort Angel Wings

Senecio Candicans Angel Wings is an evergreen succulent perennial with large velvety silver leaves and small yellow flowers in summer. It suits the middle to the front section of a sunny border and well-watered containers.

Senecio Candicans is native to India where it grows in sunny areas. The cultivar Angel Wings was bred for its large round velvety leaves that can reach up to 40 cm long and emerge from the clump’s centre in late spring. In summer, flat terminal clusters of small yellow flowers shoot upright from the foliage clump and last until the autumn months.

This variety of senecio is sometimes called ragwort. Ragwort Angel Wings is synonymous with Senecio Candidans Senaw and well suited to mass planting in coastal or drought-prone areas.

Height And Spread of Senecio Candicans Angel Wings
This evergreen perennial reaches half a metre in height and spread over 2-5 years.

How Hardy Is Senecio Candicans Angel Wings
This is a hardy plant in mild or coastal areas of the UK. It is drought hardy and pests are rarely a problem.

How To Use Senecio Candicans Angel Wings
This is a lovely plant for coastal areas and sunny flower borders in cottage gardens. When it’s planted in a container near seating areas the velvety leaves are irresistibly tactile. Their silver colouring brightens up a dull green border, and its yellow flower dots are attractive to pollinators.
Plant silvery Ragwort Angel Wings en masse for a stunning, easy-care summer display.

How To Care For Senecio Candicans Angel Wings
Choose a frost-pocket-free sunny site for Ragwort Angel Wings and if a frost is forecast cover it in horticultural fleece.
It suits a sheltered or exposed spot in fertile soil, but it will cope with chalky or sandy sites too.
Ragwort Angel Wings doesn’t need pruning, but you can tidy up any dead leaves in early spring to make way for its new spring growth.
Water it well until established and apply a thick layer of mulch to the roots in early spring. In colder areas, a mulch of thick organic matter around the crown will help protect it from excess wet and cold.