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Astrantias

 

Astrantia (as-TRAN-shia) Masterwort

Interesting, complex, long-lasting flowers, prized by flower arrangers but also perfectly at home in the cottage garden. The dark green, lobed leaves form an attractive mound. The flowers are dense 2-3” diameter domes of tiny florets, backed by stiff, petal-like bracts, usually referred to as a “collar”, all held above the foliage on wiry stems. Well drained but not dry soils. These will generally do well in full sun in the north, but do not like the heat & humidity of the deep south, even in part shade. 

Astrantia major is the most popular species and has many common names, among them Great Masterwort and Gentleman's Melancholy, but also Hattie’s Pincushion Flower, which I find more descriptive and interesting. The blooms are green-white with greenish collars, sometimes tinged pink to purple.

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Astrantia major ‘Rosea’ has light to blush pink blooms with a pinkish collar. This is a seed strain and there is some variability in flower color.

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Astrantia ‘Sunningdale Variegated’ has foliage with clear, creamy edges and patches of pale green, very showy in the spring. The leaves transition to green as the summer progresses.  The white to light pink flowers are dense domes of tiny florets, with off white collars.

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Astrantia ‘Sunningdale Gold’ is the rare all gold form of Astrantia ’Sunningdale Variegated’, with ivory gold maple-like leaves in spring that gradually turn to chartreuse and then green by summer. Off white to pale pink flowers.

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