Astrantia major 'Ruby Cloud'

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Astrantia major 'Ruby Cloud'

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Kemper Code: S500

Common Name: greater masterwort
Zone: 4 to 7
Plant Type: Herbaceous perennial
Family: Apiaceae
Missouri Native: No
Native Range: None
Height: 2 to 3 feet
Spread: 1 to 1.5 feet
Bloom Time: May - July
Bloom Color: Red
Sun: Part shade
Water: Medium to wet
Maintenance: Medium

Plant Culture and Characteristics

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Uses:		Wildlife:	Flowers:	Leaves:	Fruit:
Hedge	Suitable as annual	Attracts birds	Has showy flowers	Leaves colorful	Has showy fruit
Shade tree	Culinary herb	Attracts	Has fragrant flowers	Leaves fragrant	Fruit edible
Street tree	Vegetable	hummingbirds	Flowers not showy	Good fall color	Other:
Flowering tree	Water garden plant	Attracts	Good cut flower	Evergreen	Winter interest
Gr. cover (<1')	Will naturalize	butterflies	Good dried flower		Thorns or spines

General Culture:

Grow in average, medium to wet, well-drained soil in partial shade. Can be grown in full sun if soils are kept uniformly moist. Needs consistent cool summer night temperatures below 70 F to grow well. Spreads by runners to form large clumps in optimum growing conditions.

Noteworthy Characteristics:

A clump-forming plant. Flower is an umbel (to 1.5" across) of reddish florets growing from a star-like ruff of petal-like greenish or pinkish-tinged bracts. Medium green lower leaves are palmately cut into 3-5 (usually 5) toothed lobes. Long late spring to early summer bloom period. Long lasting fresh cut flower.

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No serious insect or disease problems.

Uses:

An excellent flower for massing in the perennial border, cottage garden, or woodland garden or for naturalizing as an understory planting beneath light, open trees.