Any experience w/ Downy Lobelia in the garden? L. puberula

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cedar18 Lula, GA(Zone 7b) Sep 10, 2008

I found this plant growing along our rural road (sorry no digital camera right now) but don't see any info on whether it would make a good garden plant. It's blooming now and while the flowers are not large, it's a pretty blue-lavender.

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Hillbilly_Gran Jasper, AR(Zone 7a) Sep 11, 2008

If it is the one I think it is--it is a short lived perennial, so be sure to get seeds so you can replace it after it dies.

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chatnoir Downers Grove, IL(Zone 5a) Sep 11, 2008

I don't have any experience with this one. Here's some info I found out there:

https://web.gsc.edu/fs/jhoekstra/naturalarea/Organisms/Downy_Lobelia/Downy_Lobelia.htm

http://www.ncwildflower.org/plants/l/lobelia_puberula/lobelia_puberula.htm

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cedar18 Lula, GA(Zone 7b) Sep 14, 2008

Thanks so much for the info. Those links were excellent. I went to a 'garden expo' yesterday and one (2 actually) of the vendors specialized in natives. One had this plant! So I am hopeful it will make a good garden plant, at least for the wildflower 'meadow-ette' I have.

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