Astrantia major Rubra Chronicle Books The leaves are deep green

The leaves are deep green on the upper side and a beautiful grey-green on the underside

A lovely plant for the shade garden

Height 2m x 1

A wonderful plant to attract bees and butterflies to your garden as they love the big flat umbels of the flowers

herbaceous perennial with lobed basal leaves

Astrantia major Rubra Chronicle Books The leaves are deep greenAlso known as Masterwort, Astrantia Rubra is held in high regard by florists for its beautiful umbels of starry plummy coloured flowers. Astrantia Rubra flowers continuously from late Spring through into late Autumn. Each small masterwort flower is made up of umbels of tiny flowers that are framed by a papery bract. An excellent cut flower that also dries well. Prefers a sunny spot but does tolerate partial shade and prefers to be kept moist. Bees