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The Plant Life of the Lurie Garden


Overview
Perennials and Bulbs of the Lurie Garden

Shooting Star

single nodding flowers on terminal umbels (up to 25 per umbel); faintly sweet smelling; can be grown in containers

 
Latin name Dodecatheon meadia 'Aphrodite'
Common name Shooting Star
Family Primulaceae
Zone Z4-8
Bloom time Spring/Summer
Season(s) of Interest
Height 1'
Native or origin Native
Soil conditions Average (needs moisture in growing season)
Flower color Red-Purple
Known wildlife aspects
Light Requirements Full Sun or Part-Shade
Lurie Garden location Meadow
Companion plants



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