Seeds from Cardinal Flower??

How do I collect and plant the seeds from my red cardinal flower?

wait till seed pods turn brown.
collect.

your welcome!
Drew

I got a picture this afternoon. The pods swell after the flowers fade.... and the seeds will be inside the pods. Wait intil the pod turns brown and dry to collect them. I just crushed the little pods to get the seeds out. Seeds are teenie-weenie ... almost dust-like.

thanks to both!

I love them, too and was very happy with their performance this year--so I'm trying seed collection as well. let me know of your success. Dawn

Poppysue,

I've collected tons of it's pots for the last three years,but only a few have seeds every year.
So I have come to think that this type of Lobelia bears very few seeds.

I do like to know if it is owing to the climate that it bears only a few seeds here.

TomTom, maybe it's because your plants are a hybrid variety of L.cardinalis? My plants came from seed that I collected off wild plants that grow along a brook near here. Some of the pods had tipped over and were actually submerged in the water. There was still plenty of seed in the pods after I dried them all out. The seed germinated fine that winter too. The wild Lobelia probably produces more seeds than nursery grown varieties.

poppysue,

Thank you very much for your valuable info.
I grow Lobelia x gerardii this year. The seed were supplied by RHSJ , probably collected at the Wisley Garden ,UK.
This has hardly produced seeds so far.

My L.cardinalis were grown from the store- bought seeds,
so they must have been hybrids as you mention.

We have wild Lobelia �ALobelia sessilifolia�Ain Japan.
It may produce enough seeds .

Hi, I'm looking to propogate from existing native cardinal flowers I have. I've collected the seed - what should I do next?? much appreciated...lisanorah