Polemonium Bressingham Purple
An attractive herbaceous perennial suitable for part to full shade gardens as a ground cover. Deep electric lavender-blue flowers develop during spring and summer above the highly decorative purple-green fern-like foliage. Leaves appear ladder-like, hence the common name – Jacob’s ladder. Slender purple stems clothed with purple leaves carry clusters of cupped flowers, creating an attractive upright clump that flowers for months.
Botanical Name | Polemonium yezoense |
Common Name | Jacob’s Ladder |
Key Features | Scented electric lavender-blue flowers cover the plant during spring and summer. |
Size | Growing to 50cm high and 50cm wide. |
Position | Part to full shade with well drained soil. |
Description | |
Cultural Notes | Keep moist in warmer weather and mulch. Protect from snails & slugs. Frost hardy, dormant over winter. |
Landscape Ideas | Ideal as colour in shady positions or planted under trees, shady rockeries, container gardens and perennial gardens. Sterile form. |
Water Requirements | Medium |
- Ornamental fern-like foliage year round.
- Colour for both low light and sunny positions.
- Great for containers as well as gardens.
- Fast growing and low maintenance.