Re: Lobelias
- Subject: Re: Lobelias
- From: "Gene Bush" g*@otherside.com
- Date: Fri, 23 Aug 2002 16:01:14 -0400
Hello Donna & Bill,
Couple of nice hybrids that have performed nicely for me and are
reliably perennial are Ruby Slippers and the Grape Knee-Hi that bill
mentions. Ruby Slipper is a gem... deep velvet ruby in color. Tall in half
way decent solid with some moisture. There is a cross between the L.
cardinalis and L. siphilitica called L. gerndii x Vedrariensis... looks
pretty much like the Great Blue Lobelia to me. These are in bloom here along
with the L. cardinalis and the great blue. For drop-dead color the species
L. cardinalis and Ruby Slipper can not be beat. Real show-stoppers in the
garden.
Do not mulch these babies.. they are now forming the new off-sets that
will be next years plants in the garden. Mulch will smother or cause crown
rot. Either way no new plants next season.
Gene E. Bush
Munchkin Nursery & Gardens, llc
www.munchkinnursery.com
genebush@munchkinnursery.com
Zone 6/5 Southern Indiana
----- Original Message -----
> > Gotta a source or botanical names? I love them and would like to try.
>
> I've never ordered lobelias by mail, Donna. Does anyone know a catalog
with a
> good selection?
>
> Locally I've bought 'Grape Knee Hi' --a purple one. Don't recall the
names
> of the others. But there are also different shades of red than the
lobelia
> cardinalis you are probably growing. I don't know whether these other
> cultivars can take growing in a pot submerged in a pond, though.
> Bill Lee
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