{"id":7894,"date":"2010-06-23T00:58:49","date_gmt":"2010-06-23T07:58:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/?p=7894"},"modified":"2010-08-01T04:20:58","modified_gmt":"2010-08-01T11:20:58","slug":"tips-for-growing-astrantia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/gardening\/growing-easy-plants\/tips-for-growing-astrantia\/","title":{"rendered":"Tips for Growing Astrantia"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a title=\"Astrantia\" href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/hortoris\/4717853241\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm5.static.flickr.com\/4072\/4717853241_7862b2f725.jpg\" alt=\"golden acre gardens leeds\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Astrantia are unassuming garden perennials now coming into flower from June .<\/p>\n<p><strong>Tips for Cultivating Astrantia<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li> Astrantias are superb perennials for the stream edge or a moist border.<\/li>\n<li> They may tolerate drier soils as long as the plants are mulched<\/li>\n<li> &#8216;Claret&#8217; is a beautiful variety with deep red pincushion flowers.<\/li>\n<li> After flowering, plants can be rejuvenated by cutting them back close to the ground &#8211; fresh new foliage and a late crop of flowers start appearing shortly after.<\/li>\n<li> Plants do not make big clumps or spread but they can be split in early spring.<\/li>\n<li> Grow from  fresh seed or buy as plants. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.awin1.com\/cread.php?awinmid=2283&amp;awinaffid=81944&amp;clickref=&amp;p=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.thompson-morgan.com\/plants1\/search.html?section=all&amp;search=&lt;b&gt;astrantia&lt;\/b&gt;\"> Thompson Morgan<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Astrantia Varieties and Features<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li> Astrantia have star-like   flower heads in reds, pinks and pastel shades.<\/li>\n<li> The variegated form has an AGM Astrantia major &#8216;Sunningdale Variegated&#8217;<\/li>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<li> Astrantias make excellent dried flowers &#8211; cut the stems before the seed sets and dry in a cool, airy place.<\/li>\n<li> Try the dark-red forms such as Astrantia major &#8216;Ruby Wedding&#8217; and Astrantia &#8216;Hadspen Blood&#8217;<\/li>\n<li> There are half a dozen species with aromatic roots, palmate  leaves, and decorative flowers.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a title=\"Young Astrantia\" href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/hortoris\/4647898858\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm5.static.flickr.com\/4020\/4647898858_745c9c23d0.jpg\" alt=\"Astrantia\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>See also <a href=\"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/flowers\/astrantia-in-a-basket\/\">Astrantia in a Basket<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Astrantia are unassuming garden perennials now coming into flower from June . Tips for Cultivating Astrantia Astrantias are superb perennials for the stream edge or a moist border. They may tolerate drier soils as long as the plants are mulched &#8216;Claret&#8217; is a beautiful variety with deep red pincushion flowers. After flowering, plants can be rejuvenated by cutting them back close to the ground &#8211; fresh new foliage and a late crop of flowers start appearing shortly after. Plants do&#8230;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"><a class=\"btn btn-default\" href=\"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/gardening\/growing-easy-plants\/tips-for-growing-astrantia\/\"> Read More<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">  Read More<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[233],"tags":[65],"class_list":["post-7894","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-growing-easy-plants","tag-perennial"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7894","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7894"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7894\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7894"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7894"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7894"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}