General Plant Information (Edit)
Plant Habit: Herb/Forb
Life cycle: Perennial
Sun Requirements: Partial or Dappled Shade
Water Preferences: Wet Mesic
Mesic
Soil pH Preferences: Slightly acid (6.1 – 6.5)
Neutral (6.6 – 7.3)
Slightly alkaline (7.4 – 7.8)
Minimum cold hardiness: Zone 4a -34.4 °C (-30 °F) to -31.7 °C (-25 °F)
Maximum recommended zone: Zone 9a
Plant Height: 18 inches to 24 inches
Plant Spread: 12 inches to 18 inches
Flowers: Showy
Flower Color: Pink
Other: Deep rosy-pink with a collar of papery, petal-like silver-pink bracts.
Bloom Size: Under 1"
Flower Time: Late spring or early summer
Summer
Late summer or early fall
Underground structures: Taproot
Uses: Groundcover
Cut Flower
Dried Flower
Propagation: Seeds: Self fertile
Pollinators: Beetles
Various insects
Awards and Recognitions: RHS AGM

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Common names
  • Masterwort
  • Greater Masterwort

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Location: My garden, Essex, UK
Date: 2022-06-05

Date: 2009-08-09
Location: My Garden, UK
Date: 2021-06-09
Location: Lexington, VA
Date: May, 2005
Location: RHS Harlow Carr, Yorkshire, UK
Date: 2020-06-07
Location: Lexington, VA

Credit: Dominicus Johannes Bergsma
Location: Greenfield, NH
Date: 2013-06-23
Masterwort  Foliage
Location: RHS Harlow Carr, Yorkshire, UK
Date: 2019-06-09
Location: RHS Harlow Carr, Yorkshire, UK
Date: 2019-06-09
Location: Aurora, On
Date: 2010-06-15
nice colour
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