Name: Eastern Shooting Stars (Dodecatheon Meadia) - 1 Gallon Pot
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SKU: D2LSC 494748684
Price: 31.48 USD
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Eastern Shooting Stars (Dodecatheon Meadia) - 1 Gallon Pot

$31.48

$31.48 $42.00

Eastern Shooting Stars (Dodecatheon Meadia) - 1 Gallon Pot

$31.48

$31.48 $42.00

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Eastern Shooting Stars

Dodecatheon meadia

Other Names: Primula meadia

Plant Details

USDA Plant Hardiness Zones: 4a-8a (8b with afternoon shade?) Find Your Zone

Plant Type: Perennial

Height at Maturity: 15-20"

Width at Maturity: 12-18"
Spacing: 15-18" for groupings, 24"+ for space between plants

Growth Habit / Form: Mounding, Clump

Growth Rate: Moderate

Flower Color: Variable White, Pink or Purple shades

Flower Size: 1"

Flowering Period: Mid to Late Spring

Flower Type: Single, nodding, dart-shaped

Fragrant Flowers: NA

Foliage Color: Blue in spring turning Blue-Green by summer

Fragrant Foliage: NA

Berries: NA

Berry Color: NA

Sun Needs: Part Shade to Mostly Shade (avoid direct afternoon sun)

Water Needs: Average

Soil Type: Clay (amend heavy clay to ensure good drainage), Loam, Sandy (moisture retentive), Silt

Soil Moisture / Drainage: Moist But Well Drained; does not like a constantly soggy soil

Soil pH: 5.5 - 7.5 (Acid to Slightly Alkaline)

Maintenance / Care: Low

Attracts: Butterflies, Beneficial Pollinators, Visual Attention

Resistances: Deer, Cold Temperatures (-30F / Zones 3-8), Disease, Rabbit, Shade

Description

One of those flowering plants that will always have you looking foward to its mid to late spring bloom, Eastern Shooting Stars is a beloved North American native perennial with one-of-a-kind flowers that are sure to make it a captivating conversation piece in the garden. The plant forms a rosette of lance-shaped leaves from which rise 1 to 4 stems up to 20 inches tall. Each flower stem is topped with 8 to 20 nodding flowers having petals that sweep back from a cluster of dark and yellow stamens that come to a point, which gives the appearance of a "shooting star." The petals can range in color from white to pink or purple shades, all of which are very pretty. A charming accent in smaller garden spaces or groupings where space allows in partially shaded sites with humusy, moist but well drained soil.

Eastern Shooting Stars is one of those hardy perennial plants like Bleeding Hearts Dicentra that goes into dormancy during summer, which means its foliage will naturally disappear. So don't be alarmed when this happens!

Landscape & Garden Uses

Eastern Shooting Stars is ideal for use as an accent in small garden spaces or in groupings in partially shaded garden beds and woodland settings. A fine addition to native plant gardens, beneficial pollinator gardens, rock gardens and cottage gardens.

Suggested Spacing: 15-18" for groupings, 24"+ for space between plants

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Growing Preferences

Eastern Shooting Stars is easy to grow in a moist but well-drained soil of average or better fertility and part shade to shade. It prefers a humus-rich soil and filtered sun or shade during ther afternoon hours. It does not like a poor draining soil that stays wet. The plant goes into dormancy during summer, which means its foliage will naturally disappear. So, as mentioned above, don't be alarmed when this happens!

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Eastern Shooting Stars (Dodecatheon Meadia) - 1 Gallon Pot

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