Common name: masterwort

Size, form, texture: height and spread 1-3 ft, clumping, soft ethereal flowers with interesting foliage.

Hardiness, origin, native ecology: prefers part shade and medium to wet soil, best in soil that doesn’t dry out and where there are cooler summer nights.

Bud, foliage, flower and fruit characteristics: many fragrant showy flowers blooming continuously throughout summer and fall, white with touch of pink (ranging through pink and purple), sweet smelling. Foliage classic of carrot family, large involucer with many tiny flowers in centre. Still has attractive presence when flowering is done.

Cultural and maintenance requirements and appropriate uses in the landscape: Good planted with astilbes, ferns and hostas. Low maintenance, planted in beds and borders, and by waters edge. Looks nice in masses, gets large in masses.