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| Shooting Stars |
Zones: 4, 5, 6, 7, 8
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Wide-ranging in the eastern United States west to Minnesota, Nebraska, and Texas, Shooting Star is a beautiful ephemeral wild flower of rocky, wooded slopes, bluffs, meadows, and prairies. Clusters of flowers, which smell faintly of grape juice, atop one foot stalks appear in mid to late spring above rosettes of bright green leaves resembling smooth, fleshy, leaf lettuce. The white, pink, or magenta petals are reflexed backwards like Cyclamen flowers, with yellow anthers pointing forward, giving the impressing of little stars shooting toward the earth. Flowering lasts for several weeks then gradually the leaves yellow and the plant goes dormant until the next spring. Shooting Stars like partial shade but will tolerate more or less, and moist but well drained slightly alkaline soil. They like moisture in the spring while in active growth and then drier conditions during the summer and fall. Too much moisture then, and they will rot. Although a little slow to get to any size, once established Shooting Stars are long-lived and will naturalize freely. In masses, they are stunning. Try them with Stonecrop, Devils Bit, blue wood sedge, Eared Coreopsis, or Columbine. The eastern type has white flowers and the western type has pink or magenta flowers. Cat# 1362
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Photo courtesy of Tom Barnes
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Available: 2009 or later
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| $8.00 each
in 3.5 inch pots
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Native Plant |
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Good Fragrance |
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Butterfly Plant |
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Hummingbird Plant |
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Good Fall Color |
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Berries & Fruits |
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Deer resistant |
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| Ease of Culture |
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Easy |
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Not Too Hard |
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Difficult or Tricky |
| Evergreen |
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Yes |
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Semi |
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No |
| Plant Type |
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Wildflower |
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Shrub |
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Grass or grass-like |
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Perennial |
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Tree |
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Ground cover |
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Fern |
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Vine |
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| Light Exposure |
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Full sun |
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Mostly sunny |
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Half and half |
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Full shade |
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Mostly shady |
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| Soil Condition |
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Sandy |
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Organic |
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Clay |
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Average |
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Dry |
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Wet |
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Moist |
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Moderate |
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| Height |
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12" or less
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24" to 36" |
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12" to 24" |
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36" or taller |
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White/whitish |
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Pink |
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Blue |
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Yellows |
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Rose |
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Green |
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Orange, coral |
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Violet |
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Brown |
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Peach, salmon |
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Lavender |
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Mauve |
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Red, scarlet |
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Purple |
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Tan |
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Early spring |
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Early summer |
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Early fall |
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Mid spring |
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Mid summer |
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Mid fall |
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Late spring |
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Late summer |
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Late fall |
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We welcome your suggestions and comments. Please tell us how we can improve, or if there are other plants you wish we carried.
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