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reseednursery@gmail.comPerennial • $6, 4-inch pot
| Height | 1 to 1.5 ft |
| Spacing | 1 to 1.5 ft |
| Sun Exposure | Part Sun to Shade |
| Soil Moisture | Medium |
| Bloom Color | Purple-Blue |
| Bloom Time | April, May |
| Companion Plantings | Eastern Star Sedge, Red Columbine, Golden Ragwort |
| Special Attributes |   |
Polemonium reptans
Jacob’s Ladder does not go dormant after flowering like many early spring bloomers, so this is a great choice for filling in around ephemerals that disappear by mid-summer. Beautiful lavender blue bell-shaped flowers cover this plant for several weeks in early spring, drawing in nearly every type of bee, including Andrena polemonii, a specialist Andrenid bee that only feeds on Polemonium spp. Early spring flowering perennials, along with spring pollen-producing trees, are vital early-season food sources for our first-emerging bees in April.
Jacob’s Ladder is a great garden plant for its very attractive foliage and mounding habit, and would make a good ground cover for shady areas. This plant is not aggressive and spreads very slowly via rhizomes; its primary method of propagation in the wild is by seed, by which it is very easy to grow if sown in the fall. This plant can adapt to full-sun as long as the soil is not allowed to dry out.
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