Once cardinal flowers are established, they are relatively maintenance-free. Outside of keeping the soil moist and separating plants every 2 to 3 years, there isn't much that needs to be done.

Gardening isn't just about plants, it's also about all the wildlife your landscape attracts. This flower might be finicky, ...

Cardinal flower stems can stand up to 8 feet high but are more commonly between 3-5 feet. The stem and alternating leaves are rather coarse and certainly robust. Through the years, I’ve often ...

These grow and beginning about now they send up a spike of neon scarlet-red flowers, often growing more than 12-inches tall. The Cardinal flowers in my garden often bloom until frost.

Propagation is done through seeds, tissue culture and both leaf and stem cuttings. Note: Other plants are also called cardinal flower, particularly Lobelia cardinalis, so take care when ordering ...

Cardinal flower will thrive in sun, too, blossoming more profusely, as long as its “feet” stay wet and summer weather is not too hot. It likes a mulch of leaves, straw or compost — not over ...

While the name "cardinal flower" bespeaks something of beauty, knowing that it is rearing its flaming spikes, right now, along a brook side near you, is simply enchanting.

The bright green leaves are alternate and lance-shaped, either smooth-margined or with a few jaggedy teeth. The flowers are always at the top of the stem, in a raceme.

Red Morning Glory, or Cardinal Climber, was totally new to me. I picked up two small Cardinal Climber plants around the end of May. They were put in the ground by my front steps, one on each side.