Enhance your wildflower or naturalized garden with Dodecatheon Amethystinum (Amethyst Shooting Star) Seeds, known for their delicate amethyst-colored blooms and nodding, star-shaped flowers. This perennial adds early-season color and texture, creating a natural woodland or meadow aesthetic.
Perfect for wild gardens, rock gardens, and borders, Amethyst Shooting Star attracts pollinators while offering a low-maintenance, long-lived addition to perennial landscapes.
Features
Unique amethyst-colored, star-shaped flowers
Perennial ideal for wild and naturalized gardens
Attracts pollinators including bees and butterflies
Compact, low-maintenance growth habit
Adds early-season color and texture to garden landscapes
Suitable for woodland, meadow, and border plantings
Specifications
Botanical Name:Dodecatheon amethystinum
Type: Perennial
Flower Color: Amethyst (Purple)
Light Requirements: Partial Sun to Full Shade
Soil Type: Well-drained, moderately fertile soil
Bloom Season: Spring to Early Summer
Hardiness Zones: USDA Zones 49
Plant Height: 1218 inches
Plant Spacing: 812 inches apart
Germination Time: 1428 days
Planting Depth: Lightly cover seeds with soil
Watering Needs: Moderate; keep soil moist during establishment
Ideal Growing Season: Spring or Fall sowing for optimal blooms
Maintenance: Remove spent flowers to encourage healthy growth
Planting Guide
Sow seeds indoors 810 weeks before the last frost or direct sow outdoors in spring or fall.
Lightly cover seeds with soil and maintain consistent moisture until germination.
Maintain soil temperature around 6570F (1821C) for optimal germination.
Space seedlings 812 inches apart in partial sun or shade with well-drained soil.
Water moderately and remove spent flowers to promote healthy perennial growth.
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