Shooting Star

Dodecatheon Meadia

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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 4–8Climate Temperate

Shooting Star (Dodecatheon Meadia) — is a charming perennial featuring nodding

Culture

Sun: Half
Water: Medium
USDA zones: 4–8

Shape & size

Classification

Family: Primulaceae
Climate: Temperate

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Shooting Star (Dodecatheon Meadia) — the Shooting Star offers versatility; the colors range from white to pink to lavender, image 72

Shooting Star (Dodecatheon Meadia) — It functions beautifully as a woodland garden addition, in rock gardens, or naturalized areas; thus supporting, image 73

Shooting Star (Dodecatheon Meadia) — highlight that this plant is attractive to pollinators like bees and butterflies; thriving in USDA Hardiness, image 75

Shooting Star (Dodecatheon Meadia) — pink flowers in the garden; which attests to its adaptability in various climates, image 79

Shooting Star (Dodecatheon Meadia) — thus supporting local ecosystems; contrasting yellow or reddish ring and stamens at the base, image 76

Shooting Star (Dodecatheon Meadia) — The Shooting Star is a low-maintenance plant that once established, image 77

Shooting Star (Dodecatheon Meadia) — making it a charming and eco-friendly choice for their garden; blooming in April-May, it reaches 8-20 inches, image 78

Shooting Star (Dodecatheon Meadia) — annual / perennial for half; making it a charming and eco-friendly choice for their garden, image 81

Shooting Star (Dodecatheon Meadia) — annual / perennial with pink blooms; further enhancing its allure.<br><br>For the landscape designer, image 80

Shooting Star (Dodecatheon Meadia) — Blooming in April-May, it reaches 8-20 inches in height, with a 6-12 inch spread; the Shooting Star offers, image 84

Shooting Star (Dodecatheon Meadia) — is a charming perennial featuring nodding; preferring partial shade and moist, well-drained soil, it thrives, image 82

Shooting Star (Dodecatheon Meadia) — cyclamen-like flowers with reflexed petals in pink; it typically flourishes in partial shade to full sun, image 83

Shooting Star (Dodecatheon Meadia) — Preferring partial shade and moist, well-drained soil, it thrives in USDA zones 4-8; pink flowers in the garden, image 85

Shooting Star (Dodecatheon Meadia) — Ideal for woodland gardens, it's a pollinator magnet and goes dormant by midsummer, image 86

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