Can be shipped.
What are plugs? Plugs are plants grown in 72-cell trays; each soil plug is 1.6” wide x 3.2” deep. Read more here.
Great Blue Lobelia has short stems with a long blooming period, making it a favorite wildflower for rain gardens with full sun. It’s one of the few plants that can handle wet clay soils. Great Blue Lobelia plugs also grow well in normal mulched gardens. It’s a favorite wildflower for bees.
Details
Perennial
Sun: Full Sun, Part Shade
Moisture: Wet, Medium-Wet, Wet
Height: 3 feet
Blooms: July, Aug, Sept, Oct
Color: Blue
Spacing: 12″
Spreads: A little by seed
Zones: 3-9
Benefits: Pollinators, Hummingbirds
Design Tips
The blues look great with summer blooming yellow flowers. Great Blue Lobelia (Lobelia siphilitica) is short enough to be planted near borders. It’s also a nice companion plant to its relative, Cardinal Flower, in sunny gardens.
Great native plant choice for the Minnesota Lawns to Legumes grant program!
Companion Plants
Marsh Milkweed
Meadow Blazing Star
Prairie Blazing Star
Orange Coneflower
Fox Sedge
Cardinal Flower
Size: 12-pack of plugs
Can be shipped.
What are plugs? Plugs are plants grown in 72-cell trays; each soil plug is 1.6” wide x 3.2” deep. Read more here.
Great Blue Lobelia has short stems with a long blooming period, making it a favorite wildflower for rain gardens with full sun. It’s one of the few plants that can handle wet clay soils. Great Blue Lobelia plugs also grow well in normal mulched gardens. It’s a favorite wildflower for bees.
Details
Perennial
Sun: Full Sun, Part Shade
Moisture: Wet, Medium-Wet, Wet
Height: 3 feet
Blooms: July, Aug, Sept, Oct
Color: Blue
Spacing: 12″
Spreads: A little by seed
Zones: 3-9
Benefits: Pollinators, Hummingbirds
Design Tips
The blues look great with summer blooming yellow flowers. Great Blue Lobelia (Lobelia siphilitica) is short enough to be planted near borders. It’s also a nice companion plant to its relative, Cardinal Flower, in sunny gardens.
Great native plant choice for the Minnesota Lawns to Legumes grant program!
Companion Plants
Marsh Milkweed
Meadow Blazing Star
Prairie Blazing Star
Orange Coneflower
Fox Sedge
Cardinal Flower
Size: 12-pack of plugs
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