Astrantia Star of Love
£15.00
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notes
Originally a woodland plant, Astrantia Star of Love will usefully tolerate shade. It provides good ground cover in the middle of the herbaceous border with a mound of deeply cut, attractively shaped leaves and deep red pincushion blooms that provide an exotic flair to the garden. They are highly attractive to bees and other pollinators.
Dimensions
- Pot size: 3L
- Height and Spread: 60cm (1ft 11in) x 40cm (1ft 4in) after 2-5 years
Features
notes
Originally a woodland plant, Astrantia Star of Love will usefully tolerate shade. It provides good ground cover in the middle of the herbaceous border with a mound of deeply cut, attractively shaped leaves and deep red pincushion blooms that provide an exotic flair to the garden. They are highly attractive to bees and other pollinators.
Insights
Being extremely vigorous and prolific, do not hesitate to raid it with the flower scissors. In seasonal arrangements it provides the perfect foil for other indigenous flowers, for example the lime green froth of Alchemilla Mollis; it can also be dried and stored for decorative use in winter.
Details
- Flowers: June- late September
- Hardy
Planting
- Well drained soil
- All aspects
- Full sun or partial shade
- Sheltered
Care
- Deadhead blooms to prolong flowering
- Slug and snail resistant
- Incorporate plenty of organic matter when planting and water well in dry weather, especially newly established plants
Glossary