Description
Jacob’s Ladder, Polemonium reptans
QUART POT
Light: Partial Sun, Shade
Moisture: Medium
Soil: Loam
Height: 1 foot
Bloom Season: April, May
Bloom Color: Lavender, Blue
Benefits: Pollinators
Notes: Jacob’s Ladder has small lavender-blue flowers that bloom early, providing a reliable nectar source and pollen for the first pollinators of the season. Jacob’s Ladder will grow in full sun only if it has adequate moisture, but it prefers almost full shade woodlands and partial shade woodland edges. In a garden border, the north side of a house is a good spot to plant Jacob’s Ladder. Its lush foliage stays green throughout the summer. Mature plants are somewhat deer resistant. Mulch with leaves in the fall.
Photo credits:
1. Thomas L. Muller, Wildflower.org
2. Charles Ray Newsom, Wildflower Center
3. Rebekah D. Wallace, University of Georgia, Bugwood.org
4. Ruth Oldenburg
