Cardinal Flower is a favorite of the Ruby-throated hummingbird. It also attracts butterflies and native bees.
Cardinal Flower is a perfect garden plant with its spires of bright-red flowers blooming for up to two months in late summer to early fall. It's one of the most beautiful colors in any garden.
Fun Fact: Cardinal Flower was introduced to Europe in the 1600s and, like the birds, named after the red robes worn by the Roman Catholic Cardinals.
Lobelia, Cardinal Flower
SKU: LC01-SS
$10.00Price
1 Quart
- Latin: Lobelia cardinalis
- Pollinator value: High
- Height: 2-4 feet
- Light: Sun, part shade
- Soil: Moist
- Blooms: Red, July-September
- Resistance: Deer
- Landscape: Moist shade gardens, wetlands, along ponds or streams, rain gardens
- Pair with: Obedient Plant; Swamp Milkweed, Great Blue Lobelia
- Native range here