With one of the most distinctive flowers Aphrodite Shooting Star, Dodecatheon, graces the garden with radiant pink flowers with yellow centers that are swept backwards like the flames of a comet. Aphrodite is a giant, robust selection, with huge flowers, much larger than the species. Plants form low rosettes that go dormant in summer.

Shooting star prefers a moist soil location in spring, but drier conditions the rest of the year. Legend says Shooting Stars bloom wherever a star has fallen to earth. Fascinating fact: When bees visit Dodecatheon their thoracic flight muscles vibrate at a particular frequency which in turn causes Dodecatheon anthers to vibrate releasing its pollen.

Plant in shade to part shade.