a generous fertiliser feed will enhance the health of the plant

Position this tree in colourful borders

The superb mix will include hardy varieties which love free draining soil that mimics the conditions of their origin and will produce abundant flowers during late Spring and Summer

pale-pink flowers which sit surrounded by pink-tinged silver bracts which appear from early Summer and last throughout

Astrantia 'Venice' Agapanthus 'Blue Storm' a generous fertiliser feed willBoasting rich flower colour and a long blooming period , the Astrantia 'Venice', also known by the common name of 'Masterwort', is an upright herbaceous perennial shrub with deeply divided, mid to dark green foliage that sits in clumps beneath the branching stems which carry deep burgundy red or purple flowers consisting of rounded panicles of tiny florets above a ring of long, narrow bracts. These flowers are some of the longest flowering Astrantia,