New foliage is purple/burgundy in spring, turning green later in the season.
This is a wet-soil species in the wild, and ...Read Morerequires consistent moisture in the garden. A good bog/marginal plant.
Armitage says that, in eastern N. America, this species is hardy in Z2-9.
Bloom time is late summer and early fall.
This grew from L. cardinalis seed and was selected by James Dean Brown in Bridgeton NJ.
US PP #21958 11/2009 Unauthorized propagation prohibited.
"Lobelias are not true perennials, because the flowering stem and its associated roots die after setting seed. They are perennial in effect only because new offsets grow from the axils of the lowermost leaves and quickly put down their own abundant white roots. It is especially important, then, that these new offsets be coddled a little in the fall."--- William Cullina, Growing and Propagating Wildflowers
New foliage is purple/burgundy in spring, turning green later in the season.
This is a wet-soil species in the wild, and ...Read More
A new cultivar grown by Quality Growers, Pennsylvania.