Northeast Pollinator Plants
Polemonium reptans (Jacob's Ladder)
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We ship only to the New England and New York states. If you live near Fairfax, VT, consider buying at our farm, River Berry Farm.
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Common Name: Jacob's Ladder
Attracts: Bees
Use: Ground Cover and Naturalizing
Light: Full Sun to Part Shade
Hardiness Zone: 3 to 8 USDA Zone Map
Soils: Moist
Flower Time: May to June
Flower Color: Blue
Height: 1'-1.5'
Notes: Polemonium reptans, Jacob's Ladder, is a useful self-seeding ground cover with blue flowers appearing in early season. Noted as deer-resistant by UVM.
Host plant of
VT Bee Species of Greatest Conservation Need (SGCN):
Bombus rufocinctus (Red-Belted Bumble bee)
Colletes banksi (Banks'Cellophane bee)
Colletes kincaidii (Kincaid's Cellophane bee)
Naturalized in New England, except ME, native to Mid-Atlantic, Southern and Midwestern US: Biota of North America Program (BONAP) – North American Plant Atlas (NAPA).