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Astrantia ‘Claret’. A rich dark burgundy red form of masterwort with dark bracts and dark central boss. Astrantia ‘Claret’ is a name that is given to seed raised strains originating from Astrantia ‘Ruby Wedding’. An interesting & beautiful plant. Happy in sun or part shade with some drainage. 60cm
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A rich dark burgundy red form of masterwort with dark bracts and dark central boss. Astrantia major ‘Claret’ is a name that is given to seed raised strains originating from Astrantia ‘Ruby Wedding’. An interesting & beautiful plant. Happy in sun or part shade with some drainage. 60cm
Astrantia like rich living. To get the best flower size and quality out of them, either feed them or better still divide and replant every 2 or 3 years to maintain their vigour.
This i one of two Genera, (along with Eryngium), that you may be surprised to find classified in the Umbelliferae (Apiaceae), along with carrots, fennel and cow parsley. However if you realise that each flower is in fact a flower head and then explode that out, the similarities soon become clear. They produce flowers over a very extended season, from Spring into Summer and dry very well.
Astrantia are natives of alpine meadows and light woodland and prefer a moisture retentive soil. Having said that, they are the most obliging of plants and will grow in a wide variety of sites. They tolerate sun to shade, moist to fairly dry. In a light woodland situation they will seed moderately freely, producing a drift of plants in a delightful range of flower shades. The wild plant is not common and not native to Britain, but has naturalised in one or two grassy areas. They produce dense spreading crowns and make excellent ground cover.
Most plants encountered will be forms of Astrantia major. However, we also offer the lovely and more spreading Astrantia maxima with its larger heads of sugary pink with flatter, broader bracts. Hybrids are rare, but Nori and Sandra Pope crossed Astrantia major and Astrantia maxima at Hadspen Garden in Somerset to produce the lovely Astrantia ‘Hadspen Blood’.
There may be two (or three) derivations for the name Astrantia, either from the Latin ‘Aster’ – a star, in allusion to the starry flowers, or from the Greek ‘astron’ – a star, and ‘anti’ – like, or alternatively as a corruption of ‘Magisterantia’ – masterwort, a name given to it believing it to be bit of a cure-all.
Masterwort can also refer to the plant Imperatoria ostruthium
| Pot Size | |
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| Height | |
| Flowering Month | Spring, Early Summer, Summer, April, May, June, July, August |
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| British Native | |
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| Position | Dry, Average Soil, Shade, Part Sun, Sun |
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