Add timeless cottage-garden charm to your planting with Astrantia major, a beautiful hardy perennial renowned for its intricate, pincushion-like flowers, attractive foliage and long flowering season. Often known as Great Masterwort, this elegant perennial produces clusters of tiny flowers surrounded by a starburst of papery bracts. The unusual flower heads are held above a mound of attractive, deeply divided green foliage, creating an excellent combination of texture and form. Astrantia is a particularly valuable plant for cottage gardens, herbaceous borders, woodland-edge planting, wildlife gardens and naturalistic schemes, where its delicate flowers combine beautifully with grasses and other perennials.
Plant Details
Botanical name: Astrantia major
Common name: Great Masterwort
Plant type: Hardy herbaceous perennial
Family: Apiaceae
Habit: Clump-forming
Flower form: Intricate pincushion-like flower heads surrounded by star-shaped bracts
Typical flower colour: Pink, pinkish-white or greenish-white, depending on form
Foliage: Deeply divided, attractive green leaves
Flowering period: Generally June–August
Position: Full sun or partial shade
Soil: Moist, fertile and well drained
Uses: Herbaceous borders, cottage gardens, woodland edges, wildlife gardens, cut-flower gardens and naturalistic planting
Add timeless cottage-garden charm to your planting with Astrantia major, a beautiful hardy perennial renowned for its intricate, pincushion-like flowers, attractive foliage and long flowering season. Often known as Great Masterwort, this elegant perennial produces clusters of tiny flowers surrounded by a starburst of papery bracts. The unusual flower heads are held above a mound of attractive, deeply divided green foliage, creating an excellent combination of texture and form. Astrantia is a particularly valuable plant for cottage gardens, herbaceous borders, woodland-edge planting, wildlife gardens and naturalistic schemes, where its delicate flowers combine beautifully with grasses and other perennials.
Plant Details
Botanical name: Astrantia major
Common name: Great Masterwort
Plant type: Hardy herbaceous perennial
Family: Apiaceae
Habit: Clump-forming
Flower form: Intricate pincushion-like flower heads surrounded by star-shaped bracts
Typical flower colour: Pink, pinkish-white or greenish-white, depending on form
Foliage: Deeply divided, attractive green leaves
Flowering period: Generally June–August
Position: Full sun or partial shade
Soil: Moist, fertile and well drained
Uses: Herbaceous borders, cottage gardens, woodland edges, wildlife gardens, cut-flower gardens and naturalistic planting
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