Re: Lobelias?

Barbara,

In Zone 6 winters I have Lobelia "Queen Victoria" survive for a few years then it dies
out. Its a rather common red lobelia derived form C fulgens with deep red flowers and
shiny red foliage. There are several other hybrids such as the Compliment and Fan
varieties which from my experience are not as hardy though "Compliment Scarlet" survived
a number of years.

Al Krismer
Cincinnati Ohio

WhtRos2@aol.com wrote:

> Boy, oh Boy, am I Confused!!!
> I love the red-leaved Lobelias!
> And I finally got 1 to survive the winter for me.
> I put in a couple small bog gardens last fall and planted 1 in there last
> fall. It survived and is doing wonderfully!!! So I have bought some more this
> summer.  I was just planting another and reading the label. Then I went to read
> the label on others I have. That's where my confusion lies.
>
> I bought 2 recently on clearance from a pond suppler. I planted 1 in the pond
> and the other on the East side of my house with lots of Soil Moist Crystals.
> Then I read the label --
>         Cardinal flower -- Lobelia fulgens -- the label didn't give any
> hardiness info so looked it up on the Net - Again more confusion -- Some say its
> not hardy here in USDA z5 while others list it as hardy to z3.
>
> The label from the plant that survived the winter in my little bog garden
> says --
>        Lobelia 'Queen Victoria' - Lobelia Reina Victoria -- only info I could
> find on the Net for this 1 was in a foreign language, possibly Spanish.
>
> The label on another says --
>        Lobelia cardinalis 'Queen Victoria' -- Info from the Net says
> Half-hardy Annual. Maybe this is why this plant has never survived the winter for me.
> But other sites list it as being hardy in Zones 4 - 9 and can be used as a
> shallow water plant.
>
> Other labels I have saved from failures of previous years -- Lobelia x
> speciosa 'Queen Victoria', and, Lobelia splendens 'Queen Victoria'
>
> Can any of you, Please, sort this mess out for me?
> Are these all the same plant?
> Thanx for your help, Barbara.
> Rock Island, IL
> USDA z5a
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