{"id":96,"date":"2015-02-12T19:35:28","date_gmt":"2015-02-12T19:35:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sfvgardens.com\/?p=96"},"modified":"2015-02-12T19:41:26","modified_gmt":"2015-02-12T19:41:26","slug":"astrantia-major","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sfvgardens.com\/?p=96","title":{"rendered":"Astrantia Major"},"content":{"rendered":"

A fancy\u00a0name for a small flower!<\/h1>\n

This little plant is actually known by the slightly less glamorous name of “Great Masterwort”\u00a0. \u00a0 It\u00a0is common to mountain meadows and woodlands making it an ideal plant for our beds and borders. \u00a0In the winter it is nothing more than a small green clump of leaves sitting low in a border but in June something lovely happens!<\/p>\n

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Great Masterwort!<\/p><\/div>\n

It grows several stems up to a height of 60cms on top of which\u00a0are numerous clusters of small white flowers tinged with shades of red all the way through to the palest pink. \u00a0There are many varieties and each one brings something special and unique to the garden.<\/p>\n

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“Astrantia major ‘Star of Beauty’ J1” by Jamain<\/p><\/div>\n

Little known fact: \u00a0Astrantias are mostly pollinated by beetles!<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

On the practical side the\u00a0clumps can be divided easily at almost any time and it grows on quite happily when transplanted. \u00a0Also, after flowering you cut down the stems and it will reward you with another cluster of flowers. \u00a0With a flowering season from\u00a0June to September you will have colour right through the summer.<\/p>\n

If you feel like getting hold of a few of these plants they can be found at most Garden Centres but don’t overlook how easy they are to steal<\/del> borrow from a friend or neighbour. \u00a0Just dig a clump up, divide into two or three pieces, replant two of them and keep one for your self!<\/p>\n

Good luck!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

A fancy\u00a0name for a small flower! This little plant is actually known by the slightly less glamorous name of “Great Masterwort”\u00a0. \u00a0 It\u00a0is common to mountain meadows and woodlands making it an ideal plant for our beds and borders. \u00a0In the winter it is nothing more than a small green clump of leaves sitting low […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[2],"tags":[7],"class_list":["post-96","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-gardening","tag-perennial-beds-borders"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p5K2zW-1y","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sfvgardens.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/96","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sfvgardens.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sfvgardens.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sfvgardens.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sfvgardens.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=96"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/sfvgardens.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/96\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":100,"href":"https:\/\/sfvgardens.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/96\/revisions\/100"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sfvgardens.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=96"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sfvgardens.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=96"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sfvgardens.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=96"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}