Dodecatheon pulchellum 'Red Wings'
Shooting Star Red Wings
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. 'Red Wings' has deep magenta coloured flowers
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Full sun to partial shade
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Very little water
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Full Frost Hardy: 5F (-15°C)
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Free draining and fertile
Common name
Shooting Star Red Wings
Latin name
Dodecatheon pulchellum 'Red Wings'
type
Herbaceous Perennials
family
Primulaceae
ph
5.0 - 8.5 Acid - Neutral
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Light
Full sun to partial shade
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Frost
Full Frost Hardy: 5F (-15°C)
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Soil
Free draining and fertile
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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
0.25 M
0.30 M
Dodecatheon pulchellum 'Red Wings'
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. 'Red Wings' has deep magenta coloured flowers
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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