The masterworts thrives with regular watering, preferring consistently moist but well-draining soil. Key care points include providing partial shade, as too much direct sunlight can scorch the leaves, and deadheading spent flowers to encourage prolonged blooming. Overall, masterworts is an easy plant to care for, making it suitable for both novice and experienced gardeners.
Watering schedule: Every week
Sunlight Requirements: Partial sun
| Care Difficulty | Easy |
| Lifespan | Perennial |
| Watering Schedule | Every week |
| Sunlight Requirements | Partial sun |
| Soil Type | Garden Soil |
| Soil pH | 6-7 |
| Hardiness Zones |
4-8
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Like pins on a pincushion, greater masterwort features unique clusters of small white flowers encased with a larger flower head. This perennial is easy to grow, resistant to deer, and pretty much pest-free. It mixes well with large ornamental grasses and as a perennial border.
Lesser masterwort is widely cultivated for planting in cottage, gravel, and wildlife gardens where it will bloom in the summer months. It also makes a prominent feature in beds and borders. This plant was first described in 1753 by the well-known Swedish botanist Carl Linnaeus and is native to the Pyrenees and Alps.
Astrantia maxima reaches on average 90 cm of height. The stem is erect and glabrous, with little branches and few leaves. The basal leaves have a long petiole 10 to 20 cm, 3 to 7 lobes and toothed segments. Size: 8 to 15 cm.
Greater masterwort 'Gill Richardson' offers tiny pincushion crimson-red flowers surrounded by a rosette of red-tipped bracts. They bloom on erect stems among toothed, dark green leaves. It is a cultivar of Astrantia major that is named after a famous plantswoman, distinguished from the parent plant by the color of its flowers. Gardeners choose this plant for its hardiness and tolerance to most soil types.
With a long blooming season from summer to early fall, the greater masterwort 'Sparkling Stars Pink' is versatile and can be planted in beds, borders, and containers. Its parentage is unknown. A part of the Sparkling Stars series, the greater masterwort 'Sparkling Stars Pink' derives its name from its pink blooms. The greater masterwort 'Sparkling Stars Pink' makes a great low-maintenance ground cover for gardeners looking to attract bees, butterflies, and hummingbirds.
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