Lobelia cardinalis 3a a hummingbird favorite

a hummingbird favorite

If you continue to plant in your shade garden throughout the fall and winter

since ice plants love gravelly soils

After flowering has finished

Lobelia cardinalis 3a a hummingbird favoriteLobelia cardinalis is an easy to grow, North American native perennial whose native range includes 41 of the 50 states, absent only in the far northwest quadrant. Cardinal flower emerges from a flat winter rosette to produce a 4' 5' stalk (height varies with soil moisture), topped with bright red tubular flowers beginning in late summer and continuing into fall always a favorite of hummingbirds. While it prefers an acidic moist soil, it is amazingly