PlantsFlowers
Shooting Star
Primula meadia
Chicago-region native. Suited to zone 6a.
Spring prairie flowers that sleep by July
ModerateFlowers
- Light
- Full sun–part shade
- Moisture
- Medium
- Mature size
- 1 ft
- Spacing
- 10 in
- Bloom or harvest
- Flowers May; dormant in summer
- How it spreads
- Crown
- What to buy
- Plants. Mark the spot.
- When to plant
- Plant April or September.
In the design
The leaves vanish after bloom. Don't plant over it in August and call it empty. Dodecatheon meadia is the older name.
