Cardinal flower, as I stated, self-sows readily, and that mottled plant could be — in fact, is likely to be — a seedling of plants I set out a few years ago.

Cardinal flowers are easy to raise from seed. Buy the seed or collect it from wild or garden plants. Now is an ideal time to plant cardinal flower seed. Seeds sown in the garden or in seed flats ...

Seeds sown in the garden or in seed flats and only slightly covered, to let some light in, will sprout in spring. Keeping cardinal flowers going year after year is difficult.

Plant cardinal flowers in spring or fall, spacing them about a foot apart. Choose a location with morning sun and afternoon shade. If the soil is sandy, add a shovelful of compost for each plant ...

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In recent decades, cardinal flower has become a popular garden plant in this country as well. Plants should not be collected in the wild, but seeds and plants are readily available from reputable ...

Those seeds were one of many highfalutin cardinal flower hybrids now available in various shades of red as well as white and blue. I suggest growing the pure species (the wild form, Lobelia ...

Today, through plant breeding, you will find several hybrid varieties with various shades of pink or red blooms. It is not the longest-lived perennial in our gardens, but it can reseed itself.

The cardinal flower, though, will bloom through October in moist to wet areas -- stream banks, damp meadows, low woodlands, roadside ditches -- across Georgia. The Georgia Native Plant Society ...