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Shooting Star in the GardenTags plant encyclopedia

Dodecatheon meadia syn. Dodecatheon pauciflorum

 

Shooting Star

Dodecatheon is a clump-forming perennial that has basal rosettes of simple leaves, and umbels of nodding cyclamen-like flowers with strongly reflexed petals, on arching stems

 
plant Features
  • Shooting Star likes full sun to partial shade

    Full sun to partial shade

  • Shooting Star likes very little water

    Very little water

  • Shooting Star is full frost hardy: 5f (-15°c)

    Full Frost Hardy: 5F (-15°C)

  • Shooting Star likes free draining and fertile

    Free draining and fertile

 
plant information

Common name

Shooting Star

Latin name

Dodecatheon meadia syn. Dodecatheon pauciflorum

type

Herbaceous Perennials

family

Primulaceae

ph

5.0 - 8.5 Acid - Neutral

  • Light

    Shooting Star likes full sun to partial shade

    Full sun to partial shade

  • Frost

    Shooting Star is full frost hardy: 5f (-15°c)

    Full Frost Hardy: 5F (-15°C)

  • Soil

    Shooting Star likes free draining and fertile

    Free draining and fertile

  • Water

    Shooting Star likes very little water

    Very little water

Plant & bloom calendar

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    Best time to plant
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    When the plant will bloom

full grown dimensions

The size of a fully grown Shooting Star is 0.40meters x 0.45meters 0.40 M 0.45 M

Dodecatheon meadia syn. Dodecatheon pauciflorum

Dodecatheon is a clump-forming perennial that has basal rosettes of simple leaves, and umbels of nodding cyclamen-like flowers with strongly reflexed petals, on arching stems


Planting Outdoors

From Mid Winter TO Late Winter

Plant container grown plants out in winter.

 

Flowering Season

From Early Spring TO Late Spring

White flower clusters are borne on tall stems.

 

Propagation by seed

From Early Winter TO Mid Winter

Sow seeds outside, in containers in a sheltered position.

 
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