Masterwort

£5.99

Position: full sun or partial shade
Soil: fertile, moist, preferably humus-rich soil
Rate of Growth: average to fast
Flowering period: June to August
Flowers: pale pink
Other features: excellent cut flowers
Hardiness: fully hardy
Pretty, pale pink or whitish green flowers held on slender, branched stems above deeply lobed, mid-green leaves. This old cottage garden favourite that has been cultivated since the 16th century and works equally well in the dappled shade of a woodland edge or in a sunny, but moist garden border. For an eye catching display, why not combine it with pink turk's cap lilies, escallonia and a climbing rose? Garden care: Incorporate plenty of organic matter when planting and water well in dry weather especially newly established plants. Lift and divide large clumps in early spring and apply a generous 5-7 cm mulch of well-rotted manure or garden compost around the plant. Divided specimens may take some time to establish since they don't like having their roots disturbed.

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