Polemonium 'Brise d'Anjou'

Often in the botanical world one must choose between beautiful flowers and bold, colorful foliage. Fortunately for us this Jacob's Ladder gives us both in spades! Lovely bell-shaped periwinkle blooms top the plant in spring while its eye-catching variegated foliage adds to the view with its own subtle charms. This plant doesn't need much light and actually does best in partial to full shade. Deer largely ignore it and since it is fairly low growing topping out at 2 feet it can be tucked in smaller spaces that need some colorful interest. Leaf spot, powdery mildew and slugs are its three top enemies but other than that this perennial is generally unaffected by diseases or bugs.