Masterwort: Our Favorite Flowers
Scent up your garden with these fragrant flowers.

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Masterwort (Astrantia major) makes a lovely addition to a cottage or woodland garden. This fast-growing perennial reaches 3 feet tall when it’s in bloom, and grows best in part shade, with moist to wet soil. Masterwort’s fragrant flowers bloom throughout the summer and into fall. It likes mild summers where nighttime temperatures dip below 70 degrees.
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