Variegated Jacob's Ladder (Polemonium reptans 'Stairway to Heaven') - Garden.org

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Plant Habit:	Herb/Forb
Life cycle:	Perennial
Sun Requirements:	Partial or Dappled Shade
Water Preferences:	Mesic
Minimum cold hardiness:	Zone 3 -40 °C (-40 °F) to -37.2 °C (-35)
Maximum recommended zone:	Zone 9b
Plant Height:	10-16 inches
Plant Spread:	16-18 inches
Leaves:	Evergreen Variegated
Flowers:	Showy
Flower Color:	Lavender
Flower Time:	Spring
Uses:	Groundcover Cut Flower
Resistances:	Deer Resistant
Pollinators:	Bees
Containers:	Suitable in 3 gallon or larger
Miscellaneous:	Patent/Plant Breeders' Rights: USPP#15187
Child plants:	one child plant

Common names

Variegated Jacob's Ladder
Creeping Jacob's Ladder
Greek Valerian

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Location: Nora's Garden - Castlegar, B.C.
Date: 2016-10-19
12:25 pm. Fall colour highlights this plant.

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Location: Indiana zone 5
Date: 2014-06-15

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Location: Corner
Date: May

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Location: Corner
Date: May

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Location: In my garden in Kalama, Wa.
Date: 2008-05-20

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Location: Indiana zone 5
Date: 2014-06-15

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Location: Kalama, Wa.
Date: 2011-08-14
Late summer

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Location: My Garden
Date: 2012-09-13

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Location: My Garden
Date: 2013-06-28

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Location: Manitoba, Canada
Date: 2016-05-18

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Location: West Central Iowa
Date: 2006-06-11

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Location: Manitoba, Canada
Date: 2017-06-05

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Courtesy Crownsville Nursery

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Location: Cincinnati, Ohio
Date: July 2011
New gallon size plant in my garden- Polemonium Stairway to Heaven

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Location: Manitoba, Canada
Date: 2016-05-25

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Date: 2014-05-10

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Location: Corner
Date: 2014-05-15
Pronounced leaf coloration in early spring

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Location: Lindon, Utah
Date: 2011-10-27
Young plant at a Utah Nursery

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Location: Manitoba, Canada
Date: 2015-06-13

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Location: In my garden in Kalama, Wa.
Date: 2008-05-06
Early color fades to green and white as the season progresses.

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Location: In my garden in Kalama, Wa.
Date: 2008-04-01
Early growth is very colorful!

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Location: Minnesota Landscape Arboretum.
Date: June
credit: SEWilco

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Courtesy Crownsville Nursery

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Courtesy Crownsville Nursery

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Courtesy Crownsville Nursery

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Location: In my garden in Kalama, Wa.
Date: 2008-05-21

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Location: In my garden in Kalama, Wa.
Date: 2008-05-21

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Location: Aurora, On
Date: 2010-05-24

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Image Courtesy of Bloomin Designs Nursery Used with Permission

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Date: 2014-08-26

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