Astrantia 'Buckland' - for Magnadoodle.

I like this one...:>)

ASo do I, its soo pretty!

And so do I, and they do really well in our garden, a good excuse to grow more lol

Me too. I feel another collection starting as I have three already.

I'm looking for the variegated one...I have hopes to get one at Hampton Court!

What make is your camera Sprits? Your photographs are always so wonderful, as is your garden.

I like it too and agree with Linda235, a super photo.

Thanks - it's a Fuji - 'Finepix F50'.

You do say the nicest things! :-D)

:o)))))

This is gorgeous, thank you for showing it to me..... So intricate and delicate looking, the Variagation on the petals/sepals is stunning X

I saw the variegated one at the following link.
http://www.clematis-nursery.co.uk/

Thanks, Scotsgran, but I'm not intending to order anything else on-line atm...I went a bit mad for a while, and I'll have to rein in...mind you, if there's one at Hampton Court..............

Magnadoodle, I think you ought to get at least one Astrantia for your garden! :-)))

Have a great day out and hope you find one there.

Deffo on my list Spritz :) shall be sending out a begging letter to you all for seeds soon ;D good luck finding the variagated one you have your mind on x

Thank you. I'll let you know if I find one. :-))

I'll have to get advice in seed harvesting from Astrantias, though. I've never tried that! :-O

Do read this article by Carol Klein and I'm sure you will recognise it as a method of seed harvesting that you use already. http://www.guardian.co.uk/lifeandstyle/2009/sep/12/carol-klein-collecting-seed

Thanks scotsgran, have added that link to favourites. Just hop it stops raining soon or all seeds will turn to mush :( cx

Yes, that's how I do it, Scotsgran. I have two Aquilegia stems left because I want to harvest the seeds, which are promised...

I'll have a try with Astrantias. It's knowing 'when' rather than 'how', I think. :-)

I thought that was the methods you would use. She was doing the Astrantia in September so I guess that would be right. Last year I just rubbed the seeds off my 'Shaggy' Astrantia and this year I have a big patch of them. I never thought of saving them. I'm wondering if the Astrantia seed can lie in the soil for more than a year before growing again because my 'Rubra' has come and gone in the same place twice now. I thought I had lost it the first time it failed to come up in its second year but after a couple of years it was back again. It went missing for a second time but is back better than ever this year.

I shall have a go. :-))

taking me a while to catch up! this is a beauty spritz im becoming a big fan of these and have a few on my list and now one more! :-)

If I manage to track down the variegated one, I think you might like that, too! ;-)

Ooh sounds good! :o)

No luck up to now, but I'll keep trying.