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Gardening sheet polemonium carneum
- 1. *Great polemonium/Royal sky pilot – Polemonium carneum
(pol-leh-MONE-ee-um car-NEE-um)
Family: Polemoniaceae (Phlox Family)
Native to: Northwestern U.S. (western) from Washington south to the San Francisco Bay Area;
moist to dry, open areas, grassy slopes and thickets in Northern Coastal Scrub, Coastal Prairie,
Yellow Pine Forest.
Growth characteristics: herbaceous perennial mature height: 1-2 ft. mature width: 1-2 ft.
Winter-dormant herbaceous perennial from a woody root. Form is upright to mounded. Sticky,
compound leaves with up to 21 leaflets – fern-like in appearance. Color is medium green. Looks like
a traditional garden plant. Attractive foliage. Spreads (not aggressive) by rhizomes, seeds.
Blooms/fruits: Blooms off and on – April to fall. Flowers are loosely grouped along a flowering
stalk. Flowers are bell-shaped with five lobes and are over an inch wide. Flower color may be any
shade of pale pink, salmon pink, yellow, or pale lavender to medium purple. Very attractive!!
Uses in the garden: Often used as an accent plant in shady areas under trees, north or walls, etc.
Good choice for shady patios, including in containers. Charming ornamental with lovely pastel
flowers! Cultivar ‘Apricot delight’ has pink-apricot flowers and a mounded habit.
Sensible substitute for: Non-native flowering perennials.
Attracts: Excellent pollinator habitat: attracts native bees and butterflies.
Requirements:
Element Requirement
Sun Part-shade to fairly shady.
Soil Not picky; grows well in most soil textures and local pH.
Water Likes moist soil; Water Zone 2-3 to 3 (regular water).
Fertilizer Yearly dose of ½ strength fertilizer.
Other Organic mulch.
Management: Trim back lightly after blooming. Fairly easy to grow in right setting.
Propagation: from seed: easy from fresh seed by divisions: yes, in spring.
Plant/seed sources (see list for source numbers): 46, 48, Amazon 1/4/17
* California native, but not native to Western Los Angeles County © Project SOUND
