RE: Astrantia - Masterworts
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- Subject: RE: Astrantia - Masterworts
- From: M* D*
- Date: Wed, 18 Oct 2000 17:01:44 -0700
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Hi Gene,
So glad you have asked about one of my favorite shade plants. I grow A.
major, just the plain white species with all the red filaments one can see
by looking down inside the flower, at the base of a 40 ft. Douglas Fir tree
that sucks the soil dry, It blooms for several months spring & summer and
looks quite nice for awhile longer as the flowers dry well right on the
plant.
A. maxima is a lovely cotton candy pink with larger flowers than A. major.
This one has been short lived for me.
A. x 'Marjorie Fish' (sometimes called Shaggy) is a naturally occurring
sport found by Marjorie Fish in her garden where the GB national collection
of Astrantias was and perhaps still is. Some of our British list members
should be able to tell us for sure. Shaggy has come true from seed for me,
but I don't know whether it might have been a fluke. It is taller and has
extra long white petals tinged with green - very lovely. I grow it in dense
shade on the north side of my house, in rich, moist soil.
The current rage here are the dark, blood red Astrantias such as 'Hadspen
Blood' & "Ruby Wedding' - both hard to come by. I bought 'Ruby Wedding'
from Heronswood last winter and it bloomed very prettily - then disappeared!
I'd like to think it is just dormant, but I'm afraid it died :(. I'd love
to find a wholesale source for Hadspen Blood, but they are scarcer than hens
teeth.
They are wonderful companions for Campanulas, ferns, begonias & Japanese
anemones.
Marilyn Dube'
Natural Designs Nursery
Portland, Oregon
-----Original Message-----
From: owner-perennials@mallorn.com [owner-perennials@mallorn.com] On
Behalf Of GeneBush
Sent: Wednesday, October 18, 2000 4:22 AM
To: perennials@mallorn.com
Subject: Astrantia - Masterworts
Hello to all,
I have been aware of masterworts for some years now, but finally just
got
around to trying them in the garden this year. Believe I am not the only one
who
is finally discovering this "new" perennial. I am seeing all kinds of
variations
on a theme out there in catalogs. The species, lots of forms and cultivars.
Wholesale catalog are beginning to offer two, three, or more in their
listings.
Anyone else out there growing these strange and fascinating perennials?
What
are your experiences? How are they performing for you? What type of
environment
have you provided for them in your garden?
Gene Bush Southern Indiana Zone 6a Munchkin Nursery
around the woods - around the world
genebush@otherside.com http://www.munchkinnursery.com
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