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Light Requirements: Full sun/part shade

Soil Moisture: Medium wet/dry

Bloom Color: purple

Bloom time: April-May

Height: 1ft.

Root Structure: fibrous

Deer Resistant? Yes

Black Walnut tolerant? No

USDA Zones: 3-7

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Amethyst Shooting Star (Dodecatheon amethystinum)

$6.00

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** I'm a NA native but technically not native to NY state. I should be used in your garden and not in wild areas. I am found in PA.

I'm a spring bloomer.

I go completely dormant in the summer.

I’m not native to NY and am found in a very limited native range with populations confined to the steep limestone bluffs of the upper midwest Driftless region, in addition to a small area of the Appalachians.

I have flowers that appear to fly upward looking a bit like a shooting star.

Bumblebees are my primary pollinator. They need to vibrate their bodies in order to shake the pollen out from deep inside my bloom.

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