| Description | A cultivar of Jacobs Ladder that produces a prolific amount of flowers and has variegated foliage. |
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| Pronunciation | (po-le-MOH-nee-um)(see-ROO-lee-um) |
| Plant Type | All Plants, Perennials Hardy |
| Hardiness Zone | 4-7 |
| Sunlight | partial shade to shade, will tolerate some morning sun |
| Moisture | moist, never dry |
| Soil & Site | prefers rich well drained moist soils. |
| Flowers | pink buds opening to blue flowers, very florific under ideal conditions |
| Leaves | fern-like variegated foliage |
| Dimensions | 14-15 inches tall, 16-18 inch spread |
| Maintenance | may need to be cut back after flowering |
| Propagation | division of large clumps, cuttings |
| Cultivar Origin | Polemonium Touch of Class was discovered in April of 2005 as a naturally occurring branch mutation of Polemonium reptans `Stairway to Heaven` at Sunny Border Nurseries in Kensington, Connecticut USA. |
| Misc Facts | Polemonion was the greek name for a medicinal plant associated with Polemon, a philosopher, or the King Polemon. In Greek the word Polemos means warlike. |
| Author's Notes | My experience with the Jacob's Ladder cultivars is they are site specific. Any combination of to dry, to much sun, or poor soil results in a poor growing plant. Best planted where their features can be observed close up. |
| Notes & Reference | #04-Herbaceous Perennial Plants (Allan Armitage), #49-The History and Folklore of North American Wildflowers (Timothy Coffey), #100-Wildflowers of Wisconsin and the Upper Midwest (Merel Black and Emmet Judziewicz), #165-Wildflower Perennials for Your Garden (Bebe Miles) |
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