Shooting Star
Dodecatheon Meadia
Overview
Dodecatheon meadia, known as Shooting Star, is a charming perennial featuring nodding, cyclamen-like flowers with reflexed petals in pink, white, or purple hues. Blooming in April-May, it reaches 8-20 inches in height, with a 6-12 inch spread. Preferring partial shade and moist, well-drained soil, it thrives in USDA zones 4-8. Ideal for woodland gardens, it's a pollinator magnet and goes dormant by midsummer.
Sun HalfWater MediumZones 4–8Type Annual, PerennialClimate Temperate
Culture
- Sun
- Half
- Water
- Medium
- USDA zones
- 4–8
Shape & size
Classification
- Type
- Annual, Perennial
- Family
- Primulaceae
- Climate
- Temperate
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