Jacob's Ladder features lovely bell-like blue flowers appearing loosely in clusters atop graceful foliage.  It makes a beautiful groundcover for a woodland garden, although it goes semi-dormant in summer.
 
     Jacob's Ladder is a larval host for the Papaipema unimoda and other moth species. Butterflies, native bees and beetles also are attracted. 
 
     Fun fact: The name Jacob's Ladder referst o the leaves resembling the ladder from Heaven that appeared to Jacob as described in the Old Testament.
 
     1st photo: Joshua Mayer; 2nd photo: Becky Laboy