This bulb-producing perennial begins in late winter with thick spoon shaped leaves at the base of the plant. Showy flowers appear in early spring on top of a tall 12 in (30 cm) leafless flower stalk. Flowers are inside out with petals magenta to deep lavender to white, with a white strip before the black fertile part. It blooms February to May and is summer deciduous, dying back to the ground after the rains cease.
Broad-leaf Shooting Star
Dodecatheon hendersonii
Light Requirements: Full Sun, Part Shade
Water Requirements: Moist
Ease of Growing: Easy to grow
Growth Rate: Moderate
Wildlife Support: Pollinators, Pest-eating Insects
Fire Resistant: No
Mature Height: 1ft
Mature Width: 6in
