Re: Variegated lobelia

I have a variegated Lobelia, with white blooms, that I got in a local
plant exchange.  I checked Armitage and although he mentions several
'alba' bloomers, I did not see a reference to a white flowered plant
with variegated foliage.  The plant was labeled "Lobelia cardinalis
siphilitica."  That covers some bases but not all.  I live in Zone 7A.
I have had the plant for a couple of years.

The variegation is attractive to me.  It is a gentle all over spotting
of the light green foliage but it doesn't look diseased.  The three
lower lips of the blossom are broad, which resembles my sole L.
siphilitica more than than the several L. cardinalis, which have thinner
lower lips.  However, my plant population is so small that I don't think
I can make a broad assumption about fat lips or thin lips.

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