Polemonium vanbruntiae – Appalachian Jacob’s Ladder – 1-Pint

For years we heard rumors this globally rare species occurs in the Catskills of western Ulster County. In 2012, Catskill Native Plant Society member and sometime employee John Kuhner found the plant growing along stream banks near his home in Claryville. In theory, easy to grow in moist to wet soil and a little bit of shade, we have come to consider it a confounding grower – many plants disappear after only a year or two; other plantings seem to establish exuberantly. Give the plant a try – perhaps your spot will see Jacob’s Ladder exuberance! Valuable for providing Summer color in the somewhat shady garden. Spreads slowly by creeping rhizomes or grow more plants as we have – by collecting and sowing seeds!