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Lobelia Plant - Description
- Potted Lobelia Plant
- AKA The Cardinal Flower
- Variety: Lobelia Starship Scarlet
- For Late Summer Colour
- Deep Red Blooms
- Perennial Flower, Comes Back Every Year
- Red Blooms From Mid Summer
- Reaches 90cm in Height
- Flowers From Mid Summer Into Autumn
- Potted Lobelia Plants
- Pot Size: 2L Pot
Lobelia Plant - Characteristics
- Habit: Erect, clump-forming herbaceous perennial
- Foliage: Turning deep red, burgundy in colour
- Flowers: Brilliant scarlet, two-lipped flowers, 5cm in length in terminal spikes
- Dies back in Winter but comes back every Spring
- Flowering Period: May to September
- Foliage: Deeply lobed leaves add to plant's interest
Lobelia Plant - Planting Instructions
- Lobelia prefer a damp or heavy soil
- They grow well in poorly drained soils
- Position in full sun or part shade
- Before planting, soak pot for about 3 minutes before planting
- Dig hole roughly twice the size of the plant pot
- Handle pots with care
- Carefully squeeze side of pots to remove plant
- Position plant in the ground so that the top of root ball is level with existing soil level
- Firm in well
- Soak soil well after planting
- Cut back clumps after flowers die back
- To encourage blooms, deadhead as required
- Benefits from addition of a phosphorus based fertiliser
Lobelia Plant - Uses / Location
- Popular plants offer Summer long colour
- Grow towards the back of herbaceous borders
- Suited to growing in 'hot' borders & red planting schemes
- Lobelia Companion Plants include Alliums, Foxgloves, Lavenders & Asters
- For a red planting scheme, plant with Crocosmia, Rubeckia, Heleniums, Red Hot Pokers & Cannas
- Can be used as cut flowers
