{"id":86,"date":"2021-03-28T21:22:58","date_gmt":"2021-03-28T21:22:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/workinggardens.com\/?p=86"},"modified":"2021-03-28T21:28:52","modified_gmt":"2021-03-28T21:28:52","slug":"jacobs-ladder","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/workinggardens.com\/index.php\/2021\/03\/28\/jacobs-ladder\/","title":{"rendered":"Jacob\u2019s Ladder"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"506\" height=\"934\" src=\"http:\/\/workinggardens.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/image-21.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-87\" srcset=\"http:\/\/workinggardens.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/image-21.png 506w, http:\/\/workinggardens.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/image-21-163x300.png 163w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 506px) 100vw, 506px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Jacob\u2019s Ladder<\/strong> <em>Polemonium reptans<\/em><br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We love this plant in our shade beds. It has lovely ferny foilage and it\u2019s a great companion plant. They maintain a tight clump and will reseed if you go light on the mulch and don\u2019t disturb the area to much. The beautiful blue flower stalks bloom in late Spring and the plant will look good most of the summer and can tolerate fairly dry conditions. We grow them under deciduous trees. Also called Greek Valerian this is a native creeping version that can be seen in local woods here in our area.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Light:&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; Full sun to partial shade<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Bloom Color:&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; Blue\/Purple<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Bloom Time: &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; May\/June<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Bloom Height: &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; 24-30 inches<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Foilage Height: &nbsp; &nbsp; 12-18 inches<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Habit:&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; Tight clump<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Moisture: &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; Normal<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Uses: &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; Shade and woodland gardens<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Jacob\u2019s Ladder Polemonium reptans We love this plant in our shade beds. It has lovely ferny foilage and it\u2019s a great companion plant. They maintain a tight clump and will reseed if you go light on the mulch and don\u2019t disturb the area to much. The beautiful blue flower stalks bloom in late Spring and&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"http:\/\/workinggardens.com\/index.php\/2021\/03\/28\/jacobs-ladder\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Jacob\u2019s Ladder<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-86","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-sun","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/workinggardens.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/86","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/workinggardens.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/workinggardens.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/workinggardens.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/workinggardens.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=86"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/workinggardens.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/86\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":88,"href":"http:\/\/workinggardens.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/86\/revisions\/88"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/workinggardens.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=86"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/workinggardens.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=86"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/workinggardens.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=86"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}