I can hardly believe that I have been growing Polemonium 'Northern Lights' for so long and have only just discovered how delightfully fragrant it is. I was dead-heading some stocks, Matthiola incana (scented stock), cutting off spent stems with just a few flowers on top, and decided that I would put them in a small vase. I look around my garden border for something else to add to them and saw how floriferous the polemonium plant was, so I picked a few and WOW. Just telling you in case you didn't know either. 
Polemonium (Jacobs Ladder) 'Northern Lights'
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| Polemonium (Jacobs Ladder) 'Northern Lights' |
The label says that Polemonium 'Northern Lights' is a clump-forming, compact, fully hardy plant with delightful pale-blue fragrant flowers from May to July. It regrows from ground level every year and achieves a height of 35cm (14in) and a spread of 30cm (12in). It likes fertile, well-drained and moist soil in full sun or partial-shade. When the flowers have faded, cut back to encourage a second flush of flowers. Not only are the flowers so pretty on their tallish stems, and fragrant too, but the clump-forming leaves are bright green, and really eye-catching.
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| Polemonium (Jacobs Ladder) 'Northern Lights' |
