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. No nectar is produced though.

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.