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Dodecatheons 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.
Dodecatheon alpinum
Alpine Shooting Star .............10cm pot $4.00ea
Native. Ht. 20cm.
Z4. An alpine species with pale lavender to deep magenta
flowers.
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Dodecatheon cusickii
Dodecatheon cusickii Cusick's Shooting Star
........................................................... 10cm pot $4.00ea
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 $4.00ea
Native. Flower Ht.15-40cm. Z5. This Dodecatheon is unique in that it has toothed leaves and white flowers. Vigorous grower, more so in a damp site.
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.
Dodecatheon jeffreyii Shooting Star.......... 10cm $4.00ea
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Fl.Ht.30-50cm Z4. Ht. Flowers deep red-pink to purple, with corolla lobe strongly reflexed. Narrow upright leaves. One of showiest and most sought after species.
Dodecatheon macrocarpum............... 10cm pot $4.00ea
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 $4.00ea
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 Few‑flowered Shooting Star.....
........................................................... 10cm pot $4.00ea
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. Leaves held erect. Multiplies quickly.
Dodecatheon pulchellum `Sooke' Sooke Shooting Star...
........................................................... 10cm pot $4.00ea
Native. Flower Ht. 20-35cm. Z5. A naturally occuring form found on Southern Vancouver Island has deep rose pink flowers on a stiffer more compact stem. Leaves thicker and more rounded.
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