Shooting Star - Dodecatheon meadia

These can take up to 5 years to grow from seed until blooming and these are mature plants. Please note that they are a spring ephemeral, meaning they bloom and then go dormant, and may be looking past their prime by sale day, but will come back fine.

Features: Aptly named spring ephemeral can slowly create a colony in the right situation. Blooms early then whole plant goes dormant by the mid-summer. Flowers can be pink and white on the same plant. Bumblebees use buzz pollination to obtain pollen. Other native bees may also visit for the pollen, though no nectar is produced.

Light: Full-Part Sun

Soil: Medium

Height: 1 ft

Blooms: April-June

See more information and photos at Illinois Wildflowers and USDA Plants Database

Photo Credit: 1. Stephanie Walquist, 2. Carolyn Cullen, both Wild Ones West Cook.