ASTRANTIA maxima
Medium
Shade
Pink
Moisture retentive soil
Summer
RHS Award of Garden Merit
Description
Astrantia maxima
Height x Spread: 60cm x 60cm
This is a different species from most of the other Astrantia and is easily distinguishable as it has a three lobed leaf. The flower bracts are also fused, unlike other forms, creating a flower that looks like a small bowl in a lovely soft shell-pink colour. Interestingly, it increases by runners, not by forming clumps.
It will tolerate a drier soil, but ideally prefers a moisture-retentive soil in dappled shade where it will make really large plants quickly.
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