General Plant Information (Edit)
Plant Habit: Herb/Forb
Life cycle: Perennial
Sun Requirements: Full Sun to Partial Shade
Partial or Dappled Shade
Water Preferences: Wet Mesic
Mesic
Soil pH Preferences: Slightly acid (6.1 – 6.5)
Neutral (6.6 – 7.3)
Slightly alkaline (7.4 – 7.8)
Minimum cold hardiness: Zone 4a -34.4 °C (-30 °F) to -31.7 °C (-25 °F)
Maximum recommended zone: Zone 10b
Plant Height: 18-24 inches
Plant Spread: 8-12 inches
Leaves: Spring ephemeral
Fruit: Showy
Fruiting Time: Summer
Flowers: Showy
Flower Color: Pink
Bloom Size: 1"-2"
Flower Time: Spring
Late spring or early summer
Uses: Cut Flower
Will Naturalize
Wildlife Attractant: Bees
Resistances: Deer Resistant
Miscellaneous: Goes Dormant

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Common names
  • Shooting Star
  • American Cowslip
  • Indian Chief
  • Rooster Heads

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Comments:
  • Posted by SongofJoy (Clarksville, TN - Zone 6b) on Feb 9, 2012 6:57 AM concerning plant:
    'Goliath' Shooting Stars is a perennial wildflower of open woods and prairies, with a wide range in North America from Minnesota south to Texas and east to New York. It forms small clumps of leaves that look like lettuce from which flowering scapes arise in late spring.

    'Goliath' has taller and stouter flowering stems to 2' and deep lilac-rose flowers. They make excellent cut flowers.

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