Polemonium reptans (Jacob's Ladder)
$9.50
Only 3 available
grows 1-1.5 ft. tall
sun to part shade (best in partial shade; needs extra moisture in full sun)
medium moisture (mesic)
light blue flowers Apr.-June; distinct ladder-shaped foliage adds interest from March to late fall
natural habitat: rich deciduous woodlands, stream and river banks, wooded slopes and bases of sandstone canyons.
beneficial to bumblebees, sweat bees, solitary bees, beetles, and syrphid flies; associated specialist bee Andrena polemonii
larval host plant
consider planting alongside ferns and wild geranium
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