Great Blue Lobelia - Lobelia siphilitica

Phonetic: low-BEE-lee-a sigh-fy-LY-tih-kuh

Great Blue Lobelia provides outstanding, brilliant true-blue flowers for the border, wet meadow, woodland or pond edge. The blue coloring is unusual and is especially striking as it comes into season at the same time as yellow asters. The flower spikes attract butterflies, hummingbirds and neighbors to your garden! If in a happy situation, plants will self-sow.

• Hardiness Zone:  4-9
• Native Region: BONAP Map
• BONAP Map Key Color Guide: Map Color Key
• Sun Exposure:   Full Sun to Part Shade
• Flower Color:  Blue
• Bloom Time:  July, August, September
• Soil Type:  Moist, Wet
• Mature Plant Size:  2-3'H, 1-1.5'W
• Plant Spacing:  1.5-2'
• Host Plant:  
• Attracts:  Bees, Birds, Butterflies, Hummingbirds
• Advantages:  Cut flower, deer resistant, tolerates heavy shade
• Landscape Uses:  Moist perennial border, pond and stream edges, rain garden, woodland garden
• Companion Plants:  Cardinal Flower, Cinnamon Fern, Rose Milkweed, White Turtlehead
• Deer Resistant