Astrantia plants
Astrantia is a striking cottage garden perennial producing an abundance of charming, star-shaped flowers in umbels, often with colourful, papery bracts throughout the summer. Commonly known as Masterwort, signifying its use in food or medicine, Astrantia have a clump-forming growth habit with basal rosettes of lobed or palmate dark green leaves, typically reaching a height of up a metre. They originate from the alpine woods and meadows of Europe and western Asia and combine well with Delphiniums, Echinacea, Lupins and Monarda plants to make a particularly eye-catching arrangement. Astrantia blooms are attractive to bees and butterflies, making them perfect for enticing wildlife into your garden, and well-suited for use in cut or dried flower arrangements.