Masterwort
- Botanical Name
- Astrantia major
- Min Zone
- 4
- Max Zone
- 7
- Height
- 24 to 36 inches
- Width
- 12 to 18 inches
- Flowers
- Late spring to early summer: greenish white, pink, purple, red
- Light
- Part shade
- Soil
- Moist to wet, well-drained
- Planting & Care
- Masterwort does not tolerate drought or dry soils
- Divide in spring or fall
- Problems
- None serious
- Varieties
- Star of Beauty - 24 to 30 inches, white and purple flowers
- Rubra - wine red flowers, 18 to 30 inches
- Sunningdale Variegated - 24 inches, variegated foliage, pinkish-white flowers
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