General Plant Information (Edit)
Plant Habit: Herb/Forb
Life cycle: Perennial
Sun Requirements: Full Sun to Partial Shade
Water Preferences: Wet Mesic
Mesic
Dry Mesic
Minimum cold hardiness: Zone 4a -34.4 °C (-30 °F) to -31.7 °C (-25 °F)
Maximum recommended zone: Zone 8b
Plant Height: 12 - 24 inches
Plant Spread: 6 inches
Flowers: Showy
Flower Color: Blue
White
Bloom Size: Under 1"
Flower Time: Summer
Late summer or early fall
Wildlife Attractant: Bees
Propagation: Seeds: Provide light
Stratify seeds: 2 months at 40 degrees
Depth to plant seed: Seed is tiny. Do not cover with soil; keep moist.
Suitable for wintersowing
Pollinators: Moths and Butterflies
Bees

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Common names
  • Spiked Lobelia
  • Pale Spike
  • Palespike Lobelia
  • Pale-spike Lobelia
Botanical names
  • Accepted: Lobelia spicata
  • Synonym: Lobelia spicata var. spicata
  • Synonym: Lobelia spicata var. campanulata
  • Synonym: Lobelia spicata var. hirtella
  • Synonym: Lobelia spicata var. leptostachys
  • Synonym: Lobelia spicata var. scaposa

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Date: 2004-07-22
http://bioimages.vanderbilt.edu/ind-baskauf/36849.htm

Date: 2004-07-22
http://bioimages.vanderbilt.edu/ind-baskauf/36849.htm

Date: 2004-07-22
http://bioimages.vanderbilt.edu/ind-baskauf/36849.htm
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