Great Blue Lobelia 'Trailing Sapphire'

Provide rich, humusy medium to wet soil. Clumps can be divided in spring as needed. If ideal conditions exist this plant may reseed.¹

Enjoys a full sun position in your garden and remember to water very often. Keep in mind when planting that Trailing Sapphire is thought of as hardy, so this plant will survive close to or on freezing temperatures. Try to keep the ph of your soil between the range of 6.1 and 7.5 as Trailing Sapphire likes to be in weakly acidic soil - weakly alkaline soil.

By our calculations, you should look at sowing Trailing Sapphire about 105 days before your last frost date.

Ensure that temperatures are mild and all chance of frost has passed before planting out, as Trailing Sapphire is a hardy plant.

The species name “siphilitica” arose from the prior use of this plant for medicinal purposes on the venereal disease “syphilis”. ¹

Lobelia, Great Blue Lobelia

¹ missouribotanicalgarden.org/PlantFinder/PlantFinderDetails.aspx?kempercode=i460