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NOTE: Cultivars under A. major are listed in alphabetical order regardless of the subspecies.

 

Astrantia 'Buckland'

ht: 60cm
ha: mounded
fc: pink
ns: it is not a pure A. major but a hybrid

Astrantia carniolica 'Major' some= A. major

ns: cultivars under this species name are found below. There is a true A. carniolica which is dwarf and very
ns: distinct.

Astrantia major 'Abbey Road' (5/3)

ht: 18 in.
fc: reddish-pink, bracts red and green
fd: large by modern hybrid standards
or: Holland before 2003
so: Heronswood (online catalog 2003)

Astrantia major 'Alba'

fc: white
ns: name is apparently not in literature but is used in the trade today.

Astrantia major 'Ann Camn'

ns: a listed name without description.

Astrantia major 'Aurea'

ns: a listed name, presumably yellow or golden in leaf or flower(?). Almost certainly an invalid name.

Astrantia major subsp. involucrata 'Barrister'

ht: 30cm - shorter, compact
fc: clean white tinged pink
lc: glossier green
so: Beeches Nursery (online catalog 2001)

Astrantia major 'Berenedien Stam'

ht: 50cm
fc: green and white, tinged pink
web: Stam (online website 2002)

Astrantia major 'Bo-Ann' (2/4)

ht: 18 in. tall x 18 in. wide
ha: compact
fc: dusky pink with showy green venation
ft: bracts point downward
infl: very spherical compared to older cultivars
lc: medium green
so: warrenhills.co.uk (online catalog 2004)

Astrantia major 'Canneman' ('Canneman Seedling')

ht: 75-90cm - much taller
fc: dark pink but one also sees "white and green. It is perhaps best described as Beeches Nursery does
fc: as "cream bracts tinged green and edged magenta"
ft: bracters longer
ns: intermediate between subsp. involucrata and the typical subspecies.
in: Merriments UK as seedling

Astrantia major 'Claret'

ht: 24 in.
fc: dark red.
or: seedling of 'Ruby Wedding', said by some to be superior - details are unreported.

Astrantia major 'Compton Lane'

ns: a tentatively accepted name in the RHS HORTICULTURAL DATABASE 2002.

Astrantia major 'Cyril James'

ns: a listed name. Description needed.

Astrantia major 'Dryad'

so: Bernwodeplants.co.uk (online catalog 2002, without description)

Astrantia major 'Elaine's Gauranteed Red'

fc: dark red much like 'Hadspen Blood'
so: Cotswold Garden Flowers (online catalog 2002)

Astrantia major 'Elmblut'

ht: 30cm - shorter
fc: dark pink to near red
or: Gunter Fuss, Germany

Astrantia major 'Gill Richardson'

ns: a tentatively accepted name in the RHS HORTICULTURAL DATABASE 2002.

Astrantia major 'Goldilocks'

so: Bernwodeplants.co.uk (online catalog 2002, without description)

Astrantia major 'Green Tapestry'

ht: 45cm
fc: white with lime green center
so: Cotswold Garden Flowers (online catalog 2002)

Astrantia major 'Hadspen Blood'

fc: dark red
eval: the first popular dark red cultivar though newer ones are at least as good.

Astrantia major 'Hans Stam'

web: Stam (online website 2002)

Astrantia major 'Hillview Red'

fc: red

Astrantia major 'Jade Lady' (2/4)

ns: a listed name from the UK c. 2003

Astrantia major 'Lars'

ht: 45-60cm
fc: dark red. For others it is "soft red" or a very dark pink.
lc: tinged purple
or: Denmark

Astrantia major 'Magnum Blush' (11/3)

ht: 24 in. tall
fc: pink buds open blush pink
lc: purplish-green
in: Terra Nova Nurseries (online catalog Fall 2003, introduced 2004)

Astrantia major 'Margery Fish' = 'Shaggy'

 

Astrantia major 'Maureen'

ns: a listed name from the UK. Description not reported.

Astrantia major 'Maxima' (A. carniolica 'Maxima')

ht: 36 ft. - taller
fc: light rose pink

Astrantia major 'Mrs. Rene Granger'

so: Bernwodeplants.co.uk (online catalog 2002, without description)

Astrantia major 'Moired Reid'

fc: white
fd: large bloom size

Astrantia major subsp. involucrata 'Orlando'

ns: a listed name for a newish clone.

Astrantia major 'Primadonna'

ht: 50cm
fc: pinkish-white, tinged green. It has been sold as "purple" by Busse Gardens.
so: Cotswold Garden Flowers (online catalog 2002)

Astrantia major ROMA PBR

fc: pink with darker center

Astrantia major 'Rosa-Lee' (2/4)

ht: 22 in. tall x 18 in. wide
fc: silvery-pink overall, bracts tipped green
fq: very floriferous
or: Holland
so: warrenhills.co.uk (online catalog 2004)

Astrantia major var. rosea

fc: light pink to dark pink, varying with the seedling.

Astrantia major 'Rosensinfonie' ('Rosensymphone', 'Rose Symphony')

ht: 12-24 in.
fc: rich rose pink to purplish-pink, depending on the seedling.
in: Jelitto seeds
or: Germany
so: Forest Farm

Astrantia major 'Rubra'

ha: A.R. Buckley reports this to be a dwarf cultivar.
fc: dark pink to light red, often purplish seedlings too, not a reliable a shade as named clones.

Astrantia major 'Ruby Cloud'

ht: 70cm
fc: raspberry red
prop: a good reliable red seed strain even if hard to germinate.
in: Jelitto Seeds 1996 as refinement of the 'Rosensinfonie' series.

Astrantia major 'Ruby Wedding'

ht: 45-60cm
ha: remontant
fc: darkest red clone to date (5/2002)
st: reddish-black, showy
or: Mrs. Barwood, Oxfordshire, England, named in honor of her own ruby anniversary.

Astrantia major subsp. involucrata 'Shaggy' ('Marjery Fish')

fc: numerous greenish-white bracts
ft: very shaggy appearance as can be this subspecies, having a large collar.

Astrantia major 'Snowstar'

fc: white tinged green
fd: very large flower
pat: PBR Europe.

Astrantia major 'Starburst'

ht: 75cm
fc: pink with showy creamy-white stamens. Beeches calls it "subtle".
so: Beeches Nursery (online catalog 2001)

Astrantia major 'Sunningdale Gold' (11/3)

fc, ft: as 'Sunningdale Variegated'
lc: all yellow becoming greener
in: Terra Nova Nurseries (online catalog Fall 2003, introduced 2004)

Astrantia major 'Sunningdale Variegated' ('Variegata', 'Sunningdale')

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lc: somewhat margined, mottled yellow and light green, stripped and splashed, best color with some sun and
lc: if cut back periodically to encourage new leaves. Cutting back in summer with a shot of fertilizer has
lc: proven successful in keeping the color rich and strong.
fc: rich rose-purple. Others report it greenish-white and light pink. We do not know if this is the climate
fc: causing this or if the original clone has been corrupted by imposters.
or: Sunningdale Nur. c. 1966

Astrantia major 'Titoki Point'

ht: 60cm
fc: white with no pint tints (as much whites)
fd: very large flower
so: Cotswold Garden Flowers (online catalog 2002)

Astrantia major 'Variegata' = 'Sunningdale Variegated'

 

Astrantia maxima 'Mark Fenwick'

ns: a listed clone from the UK.

Astrantia maxima 'Rosea'

fc: rose pink
ns: name not in literature according to the RHS HORTICULTURAL DATABASE 2002.

Astrantia 'Rainbow'

ht: 24 in.
fc: white becoming pink then red, all three colors on a plant at one time.
ns: another use of this name has been for a seed strain of A. major with variable colors but not on the
ns: same plant!