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Masterwort Vanilla Gorilla in the GardenTags plant encyclopedia

Astrantia major 'Vanilla Gorilla'

 

Masterwort 'Vanilla Gorilla'

Original:"Features stunning, serrated and deeply loved, blue-green leaves with wife vanilla margins that remain handsome all season. Silvery-pink pincushion flowers appear early to mid summer." New: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. 'Vanilla Gorilla' bears variegated foliage of blue-green leaves that have with wide vanilla edges The pincushion flowers are silvery-pink, and appear in early Summery to mid Summer

 
plant Features
  • Masterwort Vanilla Gorilla likes partial shade

    Partial shade

  • Masterwort Vanilla Gorilla likes occasional watering

    Occasional watering

  • Masterwort Vanilla Gorilla is frost hardy: 23f (-5°c)

    Frost Hardy: 23F (-5°C)

  • Masterwort Vanilla Gorilla likes all soil conditions

    All soil conditions

 
plant information

Common name

Masterwort 'Vanilla Gorilla'

Latin name

Astrantia major 'Vanilla Gorilla'

type

Herbaceous Perennial

family

Apiaceae

ph

5.0 - 8.0 Acid - Neutral

  • Light

    Masterwort Vanilla Gorilla likes partial shade

    Partial shade

  • Frost

    Masterwort Vanilla Gorilla is frost hardy: 23f (-5°c)

    Frost Hardy: 23F (-5°C)

  • Soil

    Masterwort Vanilla Gorilla likes all soil conditions

    All soil conditions

  • Water

    Masterwort Vanilla Gorilla likes occasional watering

    Occasional watering

Plant & bloom calendar

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    Best time to plant
  •  
    When the plant will bloom

full grown dimensions

The size of a fully grown Masterwort Vanilla Gorilla is 0.60meters x 0.60meters 0.60 M 0.60 M

Astrantia major 'Vanilla Gorilla'

Original:"Features stunning, serrated and deeply loved, blue-green leaves with wife vanilla margins that remain handsome all season. Silvery-pink pincushion flowers appear early to mid summer." New: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. 'Vanilla Gorilla' bears variegated foliage of blue-green leaves that have with wide vanilla edges The pincushion flowers are silvery-pink, and appear in early Summery to mid Summer


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.

 
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