Add a touch of native beauty to your garden with Shooting Star (Dodecatheon pulchellum / Primula pauciflora)—a unique wildflower known for its nodding magenta blooms with swept-back petals. This early-season perennial brings color to shade gardens before going dormant in summer.

Why You’ll Love It:

• Unique shooting star-shaped flowers
• Native North American wildflower
• Perfect for woodland & shade gardens
• Early spring blooms when little else is flowering
• Great for naturalizing and pollinator support

What You’ll Receive

• Quantity: 1 plant (size selected)
• Options may include:
  • 3.5” potted plant (actively growing or dormant)
  • Bareroot rhizome (dormant)
• Healthy, viable plant carefully packaged

Plant Details

• Botanical name: Dodecatheon pulchellum (Primula pauciflora)
• Common name: Shooting Star
• Type: Herbaceous perennial (spring ephemeral)
• Height: 12–18 inches (flower stalks)
• Bloom time: Spring (April–June)
• Flower color: Magenta to lavender with yellow/white center

Important Growth Habit (Read Before Buying)

• This is a spring ephemeral
• Grows and blooms in early spring
• Goes dormant and disappears by mid-summer

This is normal and the plant will return the following spring

Care Instructions

• Light: Partial shade to full shade
• Water: Keep soil moist during active growth
• Soil: Rich, well-draining, humus-rich soil
• Maintenance: Minimal

Hardiness

• USDA Zones: 4–8 (varies by region)
• Cold hardy native perennial