Re: red cardinalis, was Re: Blue Salvia
- Subject: Re: red cardinalis, was Re: Blue Salvia
- From: "Gene Bush" g*@otherside.com
- Date: Tue, 19 Aug 2003 14:15:29 -0400
Hello Isabelle,
You are describing a good place for cardinal flower..... moist and part
shade. Perhaps it is the moving around that is giving the plant problems.
Mature plants of cardinal flower have tended to sulk for me when move about.
Never seem to come out of it. I have found that some fresh seeds sowed where
I want the plants to be works even better than transplants. Try some seed.
Cardinal flower is certainly worth a bit of extra trouble for the color at
this time of the year. Also hummingbirds love that plant.
Gene E. Bush
Munchkin Nursery & Gardens, llc
www.munchkinnursery.com
genebush@munchkinnursery.com
Zone 6/5 Southern Indiana
----- Original Message -----
> Hi there. I have had lobelia cardinalis for some years now, in moist
> soil, with not a lot of sun, and I've even moved it around seeking a
> better reaction, but it's not a plant that has done well for me. This
> year the few that are left grew very very slowly, and haven't yet
> blossomed. Is this a plant that just won't do what one hopes for in
> perennials, or is it me?
>
> Isabelle Hayes
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