Jacob's-ladder
Perennial with blue bell-shaped flowers of damp meadows and woodland edges in northern Europe and Siberia; a good summer nectar plant.
- Nectar
- Good
- Pollen
- Medium
- Flowering
- JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
- Height
- 0.3-1 m
- Life cycle
- Perennial
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Jacob's-ladder is a perennial herb of damp meadows, stream banks, woodland clearings and edges from northern and central Europe to Siberia and the Caucasus. It takes its name from its leaflets, arranged in opposite pairs like the rungs of a ladder. At the tips of its stems, blue, rarely white, broadly bell-shaped flowers form dense clusters. Its nectar is plentiful and easily reached; in Russian and Siberian beekeeping it is cited as one of the well-known honey plants of early summer.
Flowering
It flowers from June to August; in cool, damp places flowering lasts a long time.
Honey and pollen
It is not common as a separate monofloral honey; it contributes to meadow and woodland-edge honeys. Pollen is also collected.
Note for the beekeeper
It is very cold-hardy and grows easily in cool, damp gardens, multiplying by self-seeding. It struggles where summers are hot and dry, so in Turkey it is suitable only for cool highlands and northern regions.