Shooting Star

Primula meadia

Shooting Star is a perennial for edging, mid-border, suited to full sun to partial shade and clay or loam, flowering Apr, May, Jun.

Where to use it in a border

At around 45 cm, it sits best along the front edge, where a low, spreading habit reads best. Give it about 30 cm of room to spread, roughly 3 to the metre when planted in a drift. It is hardy across USDA zones 4a to 8a, so check it suits your area before planting.

It appears in our lists of clay soil, pollinator-friendly plants.

Border Builder uses Shooting Star's height, spread, soil, bloom months and companions to place it in a full border plan for your own conditions, on iPhone and iPad.

Flowering through the year

Worth knowing

• Not recorded as pet-safe; site it away from pets that graze if that matters to you.
• Its flowers are valued by bees and other pollinators.

Good companions

Plants that share its conditions and style, chosen to complement its place in the border:

• Blue Mistflowerto edge in front
• Cardinal Flowerfor height behind it
• Wild Daffodilto flower when it does not
• Bottlebrush Grassto flower when it does not
• Common Blue Violetto edge in front
• Glaucous sedgeto edge in front

Garden styles

Meadow Native Woodland