Spreading 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
Polemonium reptans (Spreading Jacob's Ladder)
SKU: PR01-SS
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$0.00 per 1 Gallon
We expect this plant to be ready by June
- Pollinator value: Very High
- Height: 1-2 feet
- Spread: 1-2 feet; 6-12-inch spacing
- Light: Part shade (sun with enough moisture)
- Soil: Moist, well-drained
- Bloom: Blue, April to June
- Foliage: Deciduous, leaflets arranged like a ladder
- Pair with: Virginia Bluebells, Columbine, Phlox
- Landscape: Self-seeds; groundcover, shade garden, butterfly or pollinator garden
- Resistance: Deer
- Native range here
