Great Blue Lobelia
Lobelia siphilitica
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Great Blue Lobelia is a Virginia native local-ecotype wildflower that typically reaches 1-3 ft and blooms in early summer, mid summer, late summer, and fall with lavender-blue flowers. It offers exceptional pollinator value and important larval-host relationships.
About This Plant
- Sun Exposure
- Full Sun, Part Shade
- Soil Moisture
- Medium, Medium to Wet, Wet
- Height
- 1-3 ft
- Spread
- 1-2 ft
- Bloom Time
- Early Summer, Fall, Late Summer, Mid Summer
- Bloom Color
- Lavender-blue
- Garden Goals
- Attract Hummingbirds, Deer Resistant, Help Native Bees, Host Caterpillars, Long Bloom Season, Support Pollinators
- Garden Uses
- Rain garden; wet meadow; pollinator garden; part-shade garden
- Wildlife Value
- Pink-washed Looper Moth
Great Blue Lobelia grows best in full sun or part shade with medium, medium to wet, or wet soil. At maturity, it is typically 1-3 ft tall and 1-2 ft wide. Its flowers, foliage, seeds, or fruit help support hummingbirds, butterflies, and native bees. Notable wildlife value includes: Pink-washed Looper Moth. It is well suited to Rain garden, wet meadow, pollinator garden, part-shade garden.
Good to know: Bumblebee-pollinated blue flower spikes.