**NEW**JACOBS LADDER**OLD ENGLISH FAVORITE**20 SEEDS

ALSO KNOWN AS GREEK VALERIAN

JACOB'S LADDER IS AN ATTRACTIVE PERENNIAL, HERB OR WILDFLOWER - AN OLD COTTAGE GARDEN PLANT - A GOOD PLANT FOR EARLY SUMMER FLOWERING

EXCELLENT FOR BORDERS, WOODLAND EDGE, ROCK GARDENS AND WILD FLOWER GARDENS

FLOWER: CLUSTERS OF BEAUTIFUL, BELL-SHAPED LAVENDER-BLUE FLOWERS ON ERECT, BRANCHED STEMS WITH FRESH GREEN, SLENDER LEAFLETS. DEAD HEAD REGULARLY TO ENCOURAGE MORE BLOOMS-JUNE-AUGUST

A HERB WITH MEDICINAL PROPERTIES, USED IN THE TREATMENT OF HEADACHES, FEVERS AND EPILEPSY, NO CULINARY USE IS KNOWN

HEIGHT: 12-30 INCHES WITH 12" SPREAD

POSITION: JACOB'S LADDER IS A PLANT THAT REQUIRES PARTIAL SUN. IT GROWS WONDERFULLY IN SHADY AREAS THAT GET SOME SUN DURING THE DAY. REQUIRES MOIST, MODERATELY FERTILE, WELL-DRAINED SOIL. THE HIGHER THE ORGANIC MATTER, THE BETTER

HARDY TO ZONE 4 - DOES NOT DO WELL IN HOT/DRY CONDITIONS

IN AUTUMN YOU CAN CUT ANY FADED FLOWER HEADS DOWN TO THE GROUND AND COMPOST THE DEAD STEMS

EXTRA BIT: THE NAME JACOB'S LADDER IS GIVEN TO THIS PLANT BECAUSE THE ARRANGEMENT OF THE LEAVES - SUCCESSIVE PAIRS OF OPPOSITE LEAVES RESEMBLING A LADDER AND ANY LADDER HAS TO REFER TO "JACOB'S" - GIVEN THAT THOSE NAMING PLANTS TEND TO USE CLASSICAL REFERENCES.

SEEDS FREELY

FULL SOWING INSTRUCTIONS INCLUDED.

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BUYER PAYS P/P

U.K. P/P .65P.

INTERNATIONAL BUYERS P/P.95P

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