Astrantia major

Lost mine, but I've managed to get some plants going from seed now :-)

Lovely photo Spritz!

Thanks, Meanie.

You are good at getting seeds to germinate, Grindle! I'm green with envy here....:-)))

This is one of those I lost from TM, hink I may try seeds too!

Do you buy them or collect them off the plant?

collect them off the plant and sow them straight away, it seems only to be the A Major that germinates, I've tried it with some of the colours but with no luck, but I keep trying LOL

Not sure I want any more of these, though. :-((( Now if it were the beautiful coloured ones....like that one in the advert to our right...mmmmmmmm....

I looked at the seed heads of Roma yesterday they were empty, nada :(((
Do you mean the Venice or the Florence, I rather like Venice, but it's that place again, so I'll wait until I see it elsewhere

Venice - that colour is intense in the photo! Lovely! If I come across one, it will come home with me. :-)))))

Fantastic photo. - I've added this photo to my blog on long flowering season plants and ofcourse have said the photo is by you.

Thanks, A/m. :-)

Funnily enough I've never seen astrantia in any of my customer's gardens. Are they easy to grow/hardy/evergreen etc. What care do they require?

I grow mine in part-shade, and they're hardy. They also grow in sun. This one is growing on the stream bank - and it's very happy there. They do prefer some moisture in the soil.

Oh, and it's a herbaceous plant.