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A garden designer’s dream, Applaudable Astrantia Collection offers unique posies of intriguing blooms which are surrounded by paper-like bracts. With an award-winning variety included – this bundle starts with the intense pink of Astrantia major ‘Claret’ and moves down the colour spectrum to Astrantia major ‘Roma’ with its mid-range pink tones, culminating with the exciting new variety, Astrantia major ‘Miss Elly’ and its cooler, almost white, tones. Applaudable Astrantia Collection has been designed to elevate shadier areas of the garden from May to September. The plants will produce multitudes of flowers which look like fantastic firework explosions in your borders. Flowers are great for cutting, vital for pollinators and versatile, robust, fully hardy perennials. Astrantia prefer moist, well-drained soil in full sun or part shade and are herbaceous perennials whereby the foliage dies back over winter and returns, revitalised the following spring. Collection comprises: major ‘Claret’ H: 90cm S: 50cm; major ‘Miss Elly’ H: 1m S: 50cm and; award-winning major ‘Roma H&S: 60cm AGM
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Key Information
| Included In this Collection | Astrantia Major Roma bare root | Astrantia major Claret bare root | Astrantia Miss Elly Bare Root |
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| Latin Name | Astrantia Major Roma bare root | ||
| Common Name | Hattie’s pincushion, Masterwort | ||
| Hardiness | H7 (-20°C and below) | ||
| Colour | Pink | ||
| Type | Perennial | ||
| Format | Bare Roots | ||
| Position | Full-Sun, Part-Shade, Part-Sun | ||
| Foliage | Deciduous | ||
| Height in Maturity (m) | 0.60 | ||
| Spread in Maturity (m) | 0.60 | ||
| AGM | Yes | ||
| Soil Conditions | Chalk Clay Loam Sand | ||
| Soil Acidity | Acid Alkaline Neutral | ||
| Aspect | East-facing, North-facing, South-facing, West-facing | ||
| Good for pots | Yes | ||
| Good for wildlife | Yes | ||
| Good for pollinators | Yes | ||
| Good for cutting | Yes | ||
| Good for groundcover | Yes |
