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Ornamental Plants plus Version 3.0 - 00002098
11/12/99

Astrantia major--Greater Masterwort


Hardiness Zones: 4 to 7
Height: 3 ft Spacing: 18 in
Type: perennial
Flowers: White, pink

Comments: The flowers of this plant are rounded clusters
with a skirt of bracts. Several clusters can be borne on
branches at the top of a 3-foot tall stalk. The plants
prefer shade or partial shade and will grow in most garden
soils. With good growing conditions the plants may form
large clumps.

Propagation: Divide the plants in spring or fall.

Cultivars:
'Lars' - Dark red flowers.
'Rainbow' - The flowers are white with pink tones.
'Rosea' - Pink bracts.
'Rosensymphonie' ('Rose Symphony') - The flowers and
bracts are in several shades of pink and rose.

References for Cultivars: White Flower Farm 1999, Jackson &
Perkins 1998, Ray Wiegand's Nursery 1999.


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