Astrantia major 'Star of Love'
Masterwort 'Star of Love'
Clump-forming herbaceous perennials with 3-lobed glossy leaves and branching stems. The flower-heads are excellent for fresh and dried flower arrangements. The mid-summer blooms are produced in star-like whorls of papery bracts in a range of colours - creams, pinks, greens, reds and plums. Astrantia Major usually grow to around 60 cms and Astrantia Maxima to around 90 cms. 'Star of Love' has dark stems and green foliage with dark marking, and large clusters of burgundy flowers with white centres
Contributed by @DebsHutt
-
Partial shade
-
Occasional watering
-
Frost Hardy: 23F (-5°C)
-
All soil conditions
Common name
Masterwort 'Star of Love'
Latin name
Astrantia major 'Star of Love'
type
Herbaceous Perennial
family
Apiaceae
ph
5.0 - 8.0 Acid - Neutral
-
Light
Partial shade
-
Frost
Frost Hardy: 23F (-5°C)
-
Soil
All soil conditions
-
Water
Occasional watering
Plant & bloom calendar
-
Best time to plant
-
When the plant will bloom
full grown dimensions
0.30 M
0.60 M
Astrantia major 'Star of Love'
Clump-forming herbaceous perennials with 3-lobed glossy leaves and branching stems. The flower-heads are excellent for fresh and dried flower arrangements. The mid-summer blooms are produced in star-like whorls of papery bracts in a range of colours - creams, pinks, greens, reds and plums. Astrantia Major usually grow to around 60 cms and Astrantia Maxima to around 90 cms. 'Star of Love' has dark stems and green foliage with dark marking, and large clusters of burgundy flowers with white centres
Flowering
From Early Summer TO Late Summer
Flowering season for Astrantia is from early Summer to late Summer
Planting
From Mid Spring TO Late Spring
Plant out in mid Spring
Propagating by seed
From Early Autumn TO Mid Autumn
When ripe, sow seeds in a cold greenhouse. Autumn-sown seeds will flower earlier than Spring-sown seeds.
Propagating by division
From Mid Spring TO Late Spring
Divide plants is Spring by using two forks back-to-back into the centre of the clump and pushing the handles apart.
allhop74
DebsHutt
paddy_metro
jayreynolds