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Shooting stars are herbaceous perennials with green leaves held in rosettes that dry up and disappear in early summer. The nodding cyclamen-like flowers resemble a shooting star streaking across the sky. All do best in half sun, half shade.
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Dodecatheons - The Shooting Stars
Dodecatheon cusickii
Dodecatheon alpinum Alpine Shooting Star 10cm pot $5.00ea
Native. Ht. 20cm. Z4. An alpine species with pale lavender to deep magenta flowers.
Dodecatheon cusickii Cusick's Shooting Star 10cm pot $5.00ea
Native. Flower Ht. 20-30cm. Z5. Leaves are pubescent giving them a grey green appearance. Flowers similar to D.pulchellum with a shorter heavier flower stalk.
Dodecatheon dentatum White Shooting Star 10cm pot $5.00ea
Native. Flower Ht.15-40cm. Z5. This Dodecatheon is unique in that it has toothed leaves and showy white flowers. Easy.
Dodecatheon hendersonii Broad‑leaved Shooting Star...........
............... 10cm pot $4.50ea
Native. Flower Ht. 30-50cm. Z5. Flowers deep purple to pale-pink with a ring of clear yellow at the base of each lobe. Leaves are unmistakable, being thick, shiny, smooth, broadly oval and pressed firmly to the ground. Exceptional.
Dodecatheon macrocarpum..................... 10cm pot $5.00ea
Native. Ht.20-50cm. Z4. A species most often considered to be a variety of D.pulchellum. A nice selection with fleshier leaves and predominantly dark magenta purple flowers.
Dodecatheon meadia alba....................... 10cm pot $5.00ea
N.A.Native. Flower Ht. 20-30cm. Z5. This a white form of the species that in some areas in nature is wide spread.
Dodecatheon pulchellum ......................... 10cm pot $5.00ea
Native. Flower Ht. 20-50cm. Z4. Flowers bright rose-purple with a ring of deep-yellow at the base which is overlaid with a zig-zag trim of rose purple. Delightful.
Dodecatheon pulchellum `Sooke' Sooke Shooting Star
................................................................. 10cm pot $5.00ea
Native. Flower Ht. 20-35cm. Z5. This naturally occuring form found on Southern Vancouver Island has deep rose pink flowers on a stiffer more compact stem. Leaves thicker and more rounded than the species.
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