Lobelia cardinalis (Cardinal Flower)
grows 2-5 ft. tall
sun to part sun
medium to wet soil
red flowers from Aug.-Sept.
like most red, trumpet-shaped flowers, this attracts and benefits hummingbirds
excellent in rain gardens, along water’s edge, wet meadows, ditches, and near downspouts
reseeds itself each year; after it flowers, disturb the surrounding soil so that the seeds can sow themselves for next year
use along stream banks
excellent companion to great blue lobelia, boneset, and Joe-pye weed (pictured)
natural habitat: floodplain forests, alluvial swamps, seepage swamps, wet meadows, ditches, and low roadsides; frequent throughout Virginia
grows 2-5 ft. tall
sun to part sun
medium to wet soil
red flowers from Aug.-Sept.
like most red, trumpet-shaped flowers, this attracts and benefits hummingbirds
excellent in rain gardens, along water’s edge, wet meadows, ditches, and near downspouts
reseeds itself each year; after it flowers, disturb the surrounding soil so that the seeds can sow themselves for next year
use along stream banks
excellent companion to great blue lobelia, boneset, and Joe-pye weed (pictured)
natural habitat: floodplain forests, alluvial swamps, seepage swamps, wet meadows, ditches, and low roadsides; frequent throughout Virginia
grows 2-5 ft. tall
sun to part sun
medium to wet soil
red flowers from Aug.-Sept.
like most red, trumpet-shaped flowers, this attracts and benefits hummingbirds
excellent in rain gardens, along water’s edge, wet meadows, ditches, and near downspouts
reseeds itself each year; after it flowers, disturb the surrounding soil so that the seeds can sow themselves for next year
use along stream banks
excellent companion to great blue lobelia, boneset, and Joe-pye weed (pictured)
natural habitat: floodplain forests, alluvial swamps, seepage swamps, wet meadows, ditches, and low roadsides; frequent throughout Virginia
