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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

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