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Yellow Jacobs ladder in the GardenTags plant encyclopedia

Polemonium pauciflorum

 

Yellow Jacob's ladder

Polemonium, or Jacob's-ladder, is native to cool temperate to arctic regions of the Northern Hemisphere. It has lance-shaped leaves and lilac or white coloured flared cup-shaped flowers in Spring and Summer.This is a Jacob’s Ladder with a difference as the flowers are trumpet-shaped and yellow and downward-facing

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plant Features
  • Yellow Jacobs ladder likes partial shade

    Partial shade

  • Yellow Jacobs ladder likes occasional watering

    Occasional watering

  • Yellow Jacobs ladder is frost hardy: 23f (-5°c)

    Frost Hardy: 23F (-5°C)

  • Yellow Jacobs ladder likes moist and free draining

    Moist and free draining

 
plant information

Common name

Yellow Jacob's ladder

Latin name

Polemonium pauciflorum

type

Herbaceous Perennials

family

Polemoniaceae

ph

5.0 - 8.5 Acid - Neutral

  • Light

    Yellow Jacobs ladder likes partial shade

    Partial shade

  • Frost

    Yellow Jacobs ladder is frost hardy: 23f (-5°c)

    Frost Hardy: 23F (-5°C)

  • Soil

    Yellow Jacobs ladder likes moist and free draining

    Moist and free draining

  • Water

    Yellow Jacobs ladder likes occasional watering

    Occasional watering

Plant & bloom calendar

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    Best time to plant
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    When the plant will bloom

full grown dimensions

The size of a fully grown Yellow Jacobs ladder is 0.40meters x 0.60meters 0.40 M 0.60 M

Polemonium pauciflorum

Polemonium, or Jacob's-ladder, is native to cool temperate to arctic regions of the Northern Hemisphere. It has lance-shaped leaves and lilac or white coloured flared cup-shaped flowers in Spring and Summer.This is a Jacob’s Ladder with a difference as the flowers are trumpet-shaped and yellow and downward-facing


Flowering Season

From Mid Spring TO Mid Summer

In early Summer, down-facing sulphur yellow trumpets, blushed with dusky red appear and the plant will bloom through to late Summer

 

Planting Outdoors Spring

From Mid Spring TO Late Spring

Plant container plants into a part shady or shady site.

 

Propagation by division in Spring

From Early Spring TO Mid Spring

Using a fork dig up plant, try to keep the root ball as complete as possible. Split the root ball at the center with a sharp knife or a spade. Replant the plants to the same depth as the original and keep well watered until established.

 
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