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Top native jacob's ladders

17 species, native to the US, ranked by caterpillars, then bees and other hosts, food, flowers and shelter.

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17 native plants

Sun and shade

Light

Full sun 1 Part shade 5 Full shade 1

Soil and water

Moisture

Dry 1 Well drained 1 Moist 3 Wet 1

Water use

High 1

Soil

Loam 1

Soil pH

Neutral 1

Form

Habit

Creeping 1

Plant type

Wildflower 17 Perennial 15 Annual 1 Herbaceous perennial 1
  • Jacob's Ladder Polemonium reptans caterpillars 1 bees 1 flowers 61
  • Leafy Jacob's Ladder Polemonium foliosissimum flowers 14
  • Pretty Jacob's-ladder Polemonium pulcherrimum flowers 10
  • Bog Jacob's-ladder Polemonium vanbruntiae flowers 7
  • California Jacob's Ladder Polemonium californicum flowers 5
  • Western Jacob's Ladder Polemonium occidentale flowers 4
  • Sky Pilot Polemonium viscosum flowers 3
  • Brandegee's Jacob's-ladder Polemonium brandegeei flowers 3
  • Sierra Nevada Sky Pilot Polemonium eximium flowers 1
  • Oregon Polemonium Polemonium carneum flowers 1
  • Elegant Polemonium Polemonium elegans flowers 1
  • Annual Polemonium Polemonium micranthum flowers 1
  • Northern Jacob's-ladder Polemonium boreale flowers 1
  • White Mountains Sky Pilot Polemonium chartaceum flowers 1
  • Washington Polemonium Polemonium pectinatum flowers 1
  • Great Lakes Jacob's Ladder Polemonium lacustre
  • Nevada Jacob's-ladder Polemonium nevadense

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