Showy Jacob's Ladder
Polemonium pulcherrimum
Showy Jacob's ladder is a compact alpine and montane native with bright blue, yellow-eyed flowers over tidy ladder-leaved tufts, a charmer for rock gardens.
- Family
- Polemoniaceae
- Type
- wildflower
- Lifespan
- perennial
- Height
- 0.5–1.5 ft
- Spacing
- 0.5–1 ft apart
- Light
- part shade
- Soil moisture
- dry
- Soil pH
- neutral, acidic
- Bloom
- May, June, July, August
- Bloom colors
- blue, purple
- Wildlife value
- pollinators, butterflies
- Landscape uses
- border, container
- Native states
- AK, AZ, CA, CO, ID, MT, NM, NV, OR, UT, WA, WY
Related native plants
More Polemonium species
- Jacob's Ladder (Polemonium reptans)
- Sky Pilot (Polemonium viscosum)
- Leafy Jacob's Ladder (Polemonium foliosissimum)
- Western Jacob's Ladder (Polemonium occidentale)