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Re: Jacobs ladder

At 12:39 PM 06 06 97 -0400, you wrote:
>Would someone please describe this plant?
>
>Isabelle Hayes, zone 5

Polemonium.  Perennials.  Zones 1-11, 14-17.  Plants for shaded or half-shaded borders or under trees.  Lush rosettes of finely divided, fernlike foliage; clusters of bell-shaped flowers in summer.  Combine with bleeding heart, campanulas, ferns, hellebores, hosta, and lilies.  Cool, moist conditions; good drainage.  Grow from seed, or divide after flowering or in spring.  Many species are choice wildflowers from western mountains.  Following are 2 generally available in nurseries.
P. caeruleum.  Jacob's Ladder.  Clusters of lavender blue, pendulous, 1 in long flowers on leafy, 1.5 - 2 ft high stems.
P. reptans.  Best known is its variety 'Blue Pearl', a dwarf, spreading plant 9 in. tall.  Profuse display of blue flowers in April and May.  good in shaded, dampish rock garden.
                                [Sunset Western Garden Book. c. 1988. p. 478.]

[Can get to over 4 ft in prime conditions.  /dw]

Wonderfully reliable, sweetly perfumed, graceful plants.  IMHO!  

Donna Wilson
Zone 5+.  SouthWest Coast. BC. Canada


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