Leafy Jacob's Ladder
Polemonium foliosissimum
Leafy Jacob's ladder is a long-blooming Rocky Mountain native with clusters of violet-blue, yellow-centered flowers over ferny ladder-like foliage, ideal for moist mountain gardens.
- Family
- Polemoniaceae
- Type
- wildflower
- Lifespan
- perennial
- Height
- 1–3 ft
- Spacing
- 1–1.5 ft apart
- Light
- part shade
- Soil moisture
- moist
- Soil pH
- neutral
- Bloom
- June, July, August
- Bloom colors
- white, purple
- Wildlife value
- pollinators, butterflies
- Landscape uses
- border
- Native states
- AZ, CO, ID, NM, NV, UT, WY
Related native plants
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- Jacob's Ladder (Polemonium reptans)
- Showy Jacob's Ladder (Polemonium pulcherrimum)
- Sky Pilot (Polemonium viscosum)
- Western Jacob's Ladder (Polemonium occidentale)