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Polemonium reptans - Jacob's Ladder (Photo: North Creek Nurseries)

Polemonium reptans

Jacob's Ladder - Creeping

Creeping Jacob’s Ladder is an attractive woodland native, producing drooping clusters of small blue flowers in April. The clusters (corymbs) are followed in summer by buff and tan fruits which songbirds eat. Polemonium reptans makes a groundcover mostly through seeding, as it is not stoloniferous. The delicate stems are laddered with small green leaves, making an attractive filler or naturalizer in woodlands and moist shade gardens.  They are an important source of early spring pollen to fire-colored beetles and syrphid flies.

Height

12 Inches

Spread

18 Inches

Bloom Color

Blue

USDA Hardiness Zone

4
Current Availability
Qty Avail Description Comments Future Crop Future Crop Ready Date
4 Polemonium reptans #1 (NATIVE-light blue)
Characteristics & Attributes
Attributes
Deer Resistant
Groundcover
Native
Native - Straight Species
Self-Seeds
Soil Conditions
Average
Moist
Bloom Time
Spring
Exposure
Full Shade
Partial Shade/Shade Tolerant
Attracts Wildlife
Food Source for Wildlife
Tolerance
Black Walnut Tolerant
Foliage Color
Green
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