Genus Astrantia (Hattie's pincushion, Masterwort)

Astrantia major Photo/Illustration: Deana Tierney

ah-STRAN-tee-ah Common Name: Hattie's pincushion, Masterwort

Astrantias are woodland perennials with showy, lobed, palmate leaves and colorful small flowers with delicate bracts.
Noteworthy characteristics: Loose rosettes of lobed or palmate leaves. Erect clusters of 5-petaled flowers in sprays above the foliage. The flowers are useful for dried arrangements.
Care: Provide sun to part shade and moist, well drained soil.
Propagation: Sow seed in containers when ripe. Divide plants in spirng.
Problems: Gray mold, mildew, slugs, and aphids.

Species, varieties and cultivars for genus Astrantia

Astrantia major
(Masterwort) (2 user reviews)

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Masterwort produces many small, ivory flowers that are flushed pink and bloom continuously throughout the summer and fall, wafting a sweet scent. Like Queen Anne’s lace, each masterwort blossom is an umbel of tiny flowers, framed by a collar of papery bracts.

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