Cardinal-flower
Lobelia cardinalis
Pink, red and white flowers from July into September, worked by digger bees and sweat bees. It grows wild in 53 of Mississippi’s 82 counties.
- Light
- Full shade to full sun
- Soil
- Moist soil
- Size
- 4.5 ft to 5 ft tall, 1.5 ft wide
- Flowers
- Pink, red and white, Jul to Sep
- Leaves
- Deciduous
- Roots
- Roots; wants 12 in of soil
- Kind
- Wildflower
At its grown size
in flowerfall colorbare for winter
What it feeds
- Caterpillars
- 5 kinds of caterpillars
- Bees
- 30 kinds of native bees
- On its flowers
- Digger bee (Anthophora terminalis), Sweat bee (Lasioglossum admirandum), Small carpenter bee (Ceratina cockerelli), Small carpenter bee (Ceratina floridana)
Grows well with
New England Aster
Swamp Azalea
Sweet Goldenrod
Wrinkle-leaf Goldenrod
Narrowleaf Sunflower
Fragrant Sumac
Calico Aster
Swamp Rosemallow
Facts from the Quercus record for Lobelia cardinalis.