Lobelia siphilitica (Great Blue Lobelia)
grows 2-3 ft. tall
sun to part shade
medium (mesic) to wet soil
royal blue or purple flowers from July-Sept.
benefits bumble bees, solitary bees, and beetles
beloved by digger bees, yellow-faced bees, green sweat bees, small carpenter bees, weevil
larval host plant
natural habitat: floodplain forests, mesic cove and slope forests, fens, seeps, stream banks and bars, moist clearings, wet meadows, and low roadsides
good companion plants: swamp milkweed, white turtlehead, mountain mints, cardinal flower
disclaimer: does not actually cure syphilis (although people used to believe it did; hence, the Latin name)
grows 2-3 ft. tall
sun to part shade
medium (mesic) to wet soil
royal blue or purple flowers from July-Sept.
benefits bumble bees, solitary bees, and beetles
beloved by digger bees, yellow-faced bees, green sweat bees, small carpenter bees, weevil
larval host plant
natural habitat: floodplain forests, mesic cove and slope forests, fens, seeps, stream banks and bars, moist clearings, wet meadows, and low roadsides
good companion plants: swamp milkweed, white turtlehead, mountain mints, cardinal flower
disclaimer: does not actually cure syphilis (although people used to believe it did; hence, the Latin name)
grows 2-3 ft. tall
sun to part shade
medium (mesic) to wet soil
royal blue or purple flowers from July-Sept.
benefits bumble bees, solitary bees, and beetles
beloved by digger bees, yellow-faced bees, green sweat bees, small carpenter bees, weevil
larval host plant
natural habitat: floodplain forests, mesic cove and slope forests, fens, seeps, stream banks and bars, moist clearings, wet meadows, and low roadsides
good companion plants: swamp milkweed, white turtlehead, mountain mints, cardinal flower
disclaimer: does not actually cure syphilis (although people used to believe it did; hence, the Latin name)
