Cardinal-flower
Lobelia cardinalis
Pink, red and white flowers from July into September, worked by digger bees and sweat bees. It grows wild in 17 of Georgia’s 159 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
- 6 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
Dwarf Azalea
Heartleaf Aster
Swamp Azalea
Sweet Goldenrod
Wrinkle-leaf Goldenrod
Calico Aster
Narrowleaf Sunflower
Facts from the Quercus record for Lobelia cardinalis.