Polemonium reptans
Jacob's Ladder
Greek Valerian Seed & Potted Plants
(po-le-MOH-nee-um REP-tanz)
Easyliving Native Perennial Wildflowers
Native Wild
Flower Plants & Seeds for
Home Landscaping & Prairie Restoration
| Habitat | Bloom Period | Color | Height Inches | Moisture | Plant Spacing | Lifespan | |
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Shade, part Sun |
April - June | Blue | 15 inches | Average | 12 to18 inches | Perennial |
Polemonium reptans
Jacob's Ladder Photo by
cj
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For other flowers visit the wildflower seed list or the Potted Plant List to order seed copy the orderform or email questions, comments, and orders to john@easywildflowers.com
Polemonium
reptans Jacob's Ladder potted plants, $4.00 each plus UPS shipping.
please contact us by email with your address for shipping charges &
availability on Jacobs Ladder potted plants
Polemonium reptans seed packets are (Sold
out of seed) $2.50 each plus
shipping (approximately 50 seeds)
Seed shipping chart at bottom of page.
Polemonium reptans is know by the common names of Jacob's Ladder and Greek Valerian. Jacob's Ladder is a very pretty small native woodland wildflower and is perfect for the spring shade garden. Polemonium reptans Jacobs Ladder has attractive leaves and clusters of beautiful small 1/2 inch wide pale blue bell shaped flowers. Polemonium reptans Jacob's Ladder grows in moist low or rocky woods, at the bases of bluffs and slopes, along wooded streams and in ravines and valleys. Jacob's Ladder or Greek Valerian grows wild from New York to Minnesota, south to Georgia, Alabama, Mississippi, Arkansas, and Oklahoma. Jacobs Ladder roots have been used for kidney troubles and as a diuretic.
Plant Polemonium reptans Jacob's Ladder in the shade garden with other native woodland wildflowers like, Columbine Green Dragon American Spikenard Jack-in-the-pulpit Goat's Beard Wild Ginger Wild Geranium Virginia Bluebells Woodland Phlox Bloodroot Celandine Poppy Woodland Spiderwort Purple Trillium White Trillium Blue Cohosh Black Cohosh Shooting Star Ginseng Christmas Fern Dutchman's Breeches
The map below shows areas where native Polemonium reptans Jacob's Ladder wild flower plants grow wild but it can be planted and will grow over most of the US. USDA plant hardiness zones 3 to 9.
| Polemonium
reptans Jacob's ladder |
Alabama Arkansas Connecticut Delaware Georgia Illinois Indiana Iowa Kansas Kentucky |
Maryland Massachusetts Michigan Minnesota Mississippi Missouri New Hampshire New Jersey New York North Carolina |
Ohio Oklahoma Pennsylvania Rhode Island South Dakota Tennessee Vermont Virginia West Virginia Wisconsin |
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availability on
Polemonium reptans Jacobs
Ladder
potted plants
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The minimum seed order amount is $10, this can be a combination of different
seeds.
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subtotal for flower seeds |
shipping charge for seeds |
| seed orders up to $20.00 = | $3.00 shipping |
| $20.01 - $50.00 = | $4.00 shipping |
| $50.01-$100.00 = | $5.00 shipping |
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over $100.00 = 5 % of subtotal |
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Native Polemonium
reptans jacob's ladder plant distribution map
complements of USDA, NRCS. 2001. The PLANTS Database, Version 3.1
(http://plants.usda.gov). National Plant Data Center, Baton Rouge, LA
70874-4490 USA.