Mystery Plant: ‘Shooting star,’ Primula meadia By John Nelson. nelson@sc.edu. March 31, 2017 6:30 AM. Today’s mystery plant is “Shooting star,” or Primula meadia.

It’s easy to wish upon a star when your garden is filled with shooting star blooms. Shooting star plant (Dodecatheon meadia) is a pretty flowering plant that belongs to the primrose family ...

Primula refers to Shooting Stars being among the “very first” spring flowers. Pauciflora is derived from the Latin paucus, meaning “few,” as in the English word “paucity.” Descriptive ...

It’s a tragic story, after all. (It’s technically one of Shakespeare’s “History” plays.) The Earl of Salisbury is basically thinking out loud concerning the king, who is doomed. I’m ...