Native to southern Africa, the annual lobelia actually thrives in cooler climates, providing a much-need pop of blue from ...

Whether the sun shines all day or your yard has plenty of shade, these summer container flowers will make your garden bloom.

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. -- I‘ve been growing Lobelia, a striking deep blue flower with white eyes, for many years. And although they’d always start out looking wonderful, as the summer season ...

Lobelia is one of those tiny but addictive plants that you can find at almost any nursery. For $4, you can get a year-round fix with six small plants to tuck into pots, corners and flower beds.

There are some great blue flowers that do well in our Mississippi landscapes. Try the cool blue flowers of the lobelia. This is an old-timey annual with the reputation of looking great in the spring ...

most people think of the diminutive Lobelia erinus, much prized for the intensity of its cobalt-blue flowers, though it comes in other shades of blue and purple as well, and even white.

In late summer the 2- to 4-foot spikes of lobed red flowers look striking. Our other native lobelia is syphilitica, and it was given its unfortunate name by Linnaeus who had been told that native ...

The great blue lobelia is a delight in the mid- to late-summer garden. The bright blue flowers of Lobelia siphilitica brighten many perennial beds from July to late September or early October.

Whereas Lobelia erinus is somewhat finicky about soil, Lobelia laxiflora, or Mexican cardinal flower, is not. Laxiflora, the species name, means “loose flowering” and refers to the fact that ...

However, high doses can be toxic and may cause serious side effects. Lobelia is a genus of flowering plants, some of which have been harvested for herbal remedies for centuries. The most commonly ...