Astrantia major Primadonna 1.5 litre pot

Common name: Hattie’s pincushion, Masterwort

Perfect, pink pincushion blooms

-5 to -10°C
Good Cut Flowers
Good for Pollinators
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Demure flowers with peppered, pincushion interiors surround decorous bracts. Astrantia major ‘Primadonna’ offers palmately divided green foliage from March through to October each year which is a generous and intriguing means of filling borders, containers and open ground. From June to September the rich pink and red flowers are borne offering dusky hues with flashes of richer colour – not only great in the garden, fantastic as a cut flower for your home too. A cottage garden favourite, Astrantia are also well suited to modern planting schemes and look particularly good in wildlife gardens or at the edge of a woodland area. Astrantia major ‘Primadonna’ grows to a height of 75cm with a spread of up to 60cm. Plants prefer a spot which benefits from moist, well-drained soil of any kind and position in full sun or partial shade. A hardy (H4), herbaceous perennials which does not need any winter protection throughout most of the UK.
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Key Information
Latin Name Astrantia major 'Primadonna'
Common Name Hattie’s pincushion, Masterwort
Hardiness H4 (-5 to -10°C)
Colour Red
Format 1.5 Litre Pots
Position Full-Sun, Part-Shade, Part-Sun
Foliage Deciduous
Height in Maturity (m) 0.75 m
Spread in Maturity (m) 0.60
Soil Conditions Chalk Clay Loam Sand
Soil Acidity Acid Alkaline Neutral
Aspect East-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

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