Plants for shade >  Perennials A - D  >  Dodecatheon

Dodecatheon - Shooting Stars

Dodecatheon are remarkably beautiful, with their dart shaped flowers in a variety of colours. They're natives of North American moist meadows and valleys, they like those sorts of conditions; moist but well drained soils and shelter from sun.
"

 Mouse over image to explore or click to enlarge

Dodecatheon meadia AGM

  • Pot size: 9cm
  • Plant ultimate height: 30cm (12in)
  • Growing condition: Partial - full shade
  • Flowering season: N/A to N/A

A strong growing species, good in a shady border with mid pink flowers in March and April. Deciduous, it will die down in Summer, emerging in again in Spring.

Price: £3.95


Quantity:  



Available again for mail order in Autumn

"

 Mouse over image to explore or click to enlarge

Dodecatheon meadia f. album AGM

  • Pot size: 9cm
  • Plant ultimate height: 15cm (6in)
  • Growing condition: Partial - full shade
  • Flowering season: February to March

The white form of this the easiest and best doing of the shooting stars.

Price: £3.95


Quantity:  



Available again for mail order in Autumn

"

 Mouse over image to explore or click to enlarge

Dodecatheon pulchellum 'Sooke Variety'

  • Pot size: 7cm
  • Plant ultimate height: 15cm (6in)
  • Growing condition: Partial - full shade
  • Flowering season: April to May

A mid pink form of this fine shooting star. Not as listed in Plant Finder, as Sooke is a place on Vancouver Island not a person!

Price: £3.95


Quantity:  



Available again for mail order in Autumn

Plants for shade >  Perennials A - D  >  Dodecatheon

Best Selling Plants

Dryopteris affinis 'Cristata The King' AGM

Dryopteris affinis 'Cristata The King' AGM

£7.00 (2 or fewer items) £6.50 (3 or more items)

A truly magnificent fern with splendid crests and arching fronds, said to be the 'King of the British Ferns'. In time, to 1.2m tall. Very effective in a pot against a north facing wall. Semi-evergreen.
find out more

Geranium macrorrhizum 'Mount Olympus White' AGM

Geranium macrorrhizum 'Mount Olympus White' AGM

£6.45 (2 or fewer items) £5.95 (3 or more items)

syn Geranium mac. 'White Ness'. An easy, hardy, evergreen Geranium. Very good in dry shade. Forms good ground cover with fragrant foliage. Pure white flowers over most of the Summer starting in late May. This is a pure albino with no hint of pink in the calyx or flower.

find out more

Dryopteris wallichiana AGM

Dryopteris wallichiana AGM

£7.00 (2 or fewer items) £6.50 (3 or more items)

A most magnificent fern from the Himalayas and Japan, although named after the Danish botanist Nathaniel Wallich. The young unfolding fronds are a golden green in the Spring contrasting well with the hairy black midrib and stems. Needs moist conditions though not boggy and avoid dry alkaline soils. Evergreen.
find out more

Polystichum munitum AGM

Polystichum munitum AGM

£7.00 (2 or fewer items) £6.50 (3 or more items)

The American sword fern. Well known and long cultivated in this country. Easy and very effective. Evergreen.
find out more

Asplenium scolopendrium AGM

Asplenium scolopendrium AGM

£6.95 (2 or fewer items) £6.50 (3 or more items)

The native wild form of this easy and very useful evergreen fern. Strap shaped, long undivided fronds giving the plant it's common name Hart's (deer) Tongue fern. Grows better on alkaline to neutral soils. Happy in damp shade but also in dry shade once established. This fern works brilliantly with other ferns, hostas and bergenias.
find out more

Gillenia trifoliata AGM

Gillenia trifoliata AGM

£6.95 (2 or fewer items) £6.50 (3 or more items)

A plant that has become increasingly popular as gardeners recognise its quiet beauty. White star flowers that have a fluttering butterfly quality about them, reddish stems and calyxs, followed by berries and coloured foliage in Autumn. A semi-shaded well drained spot will have this flowering most of the Summer. Use to the front of a shade border to fully appreciate its beauty. A rhizomatous perennial, that is gradually clump forming.
find out more

Solution Graphics