How to tend a Lobelia cardinalis
Also known as: Lobelia cardinalis f. cordigera (Cav.) Bowden, Lobelia cardinalis f. hispidula (E.Wimm.) Bowden, Lobelia cardinalis var. propinqua (Paxton) Bowden, Lobelia cardinalis f. splendens (Willd.) Bowden, Lobelia schiedeana Heynh., Lobelia ramosa hort. ex Burb., Lobelia punicea Otto & A.Dietr., Lobelia propinqua hort. ex Loudon, Lobelia princeps Otto & A.Dietr., Lobelia porphyrantha Decne. ex Groenland, Lobelia ignea Paxton, Lobelia phyllostachya Engelm., Lobelia graminea Lam., Lobelia longifolia (C.Presl) A.DC., Lobelia kerneri L.A.Nagy, Lobelia coccinea (Moench) Stokes, Lobelia cordigera Cav., Lobelia fulgens Humb. & Bonpl. ex Willd., Lobelia formosa Roth, Lobelia texensis Raf., Lobelia splendens Willd., Lobelia mucronata Engelm., Rapuntium splendens (Willd.) C.Presl, Rapuntium coccineum Moench, Rapuntium cardinale (L.) Mill., Rapuntium cordigerum (Cav.) C.Presl, Rapuntium gramineum (Lam.) C.Presl, Rapuntium fulgens (Hook. & Bonpl. ex Willd.) C.Presl, Rapuntium longifolium C.Presl, Tupa ignescens Payer, Lobelia fulgens f. rosea Voss, Lobelia fulgens var. multiflora Paxton, Lobelia fulgens var. propinqua Paxton, Lobelia graminea var. intermedia E.Wimm., Lobelia splendens var. atrosanguinea Hook., Lobelia splendens var. fulgens (Humb. & Bonpl. ex Willd.) S.Watson, Lobelia splendens var. ignea Hook., Lobelia punicea var. kerneri (L.A.Nagy) E.Wimm., Lobelia cardinalis var. multiflora (Paxton) McVaugh, Lobelia cardinalis var. meridionalis Bowden, Lobelia fulgens var. pyrimidalis Paxton, Lobelia cordigera var. fatalis E.Wimm., Lobelia cardinalis var. pseudosplendens McVaugh, Lobelia cardinalis var. phyllostachya (Engelm.) McVaugh, Lobelia graminea f. kerneri (L.A.Nagy) E.Wimm., Lobelia cardinalis var. graminea (Lam.) McVaugh, Lobelia marryattae Paxton, Lobelia graminea var. phyllostachya (Engelm.) E.Wimm., Lobelia cardinalis var. candida Alph.Wood, Lobelia cardinalis var. integerrima Alph.Wood, Lobelia cardinalis var. angustifolia Vatke, Lobelia cordigera var. marryattae (Paxton) E.Wimm., Lobelia cordigera var. multiflora (Paxton) E.Wimm., Lobelia cardinalis var. glandulosa N.Coleman, Lobelia cardinalis subsp. graminea (Lam.) McVaugh, Lobelia cardinalis var. hispidula E.Wimm., Lobelia cardinalis f. rosea H.St.John, Lobelia cardinalis var. texensis (Raf.) Rothr., Lobelia cardinalis var. alba J.McNab, Lobelia cardinalis f. alba (J.McNab) H.St.John, Lobelia fulgens var. glabriuscula Klotzsch ex Walp., Lobelia splendens f. ignea (Hook.) Voss, Lobelia fulgens f. atrosanguinea (Hook.) Voss, Lobelia cordigera var. pyramidalis (Paxton) E.Wimm., Lobelia fulgens var. marryattiae (Paxton) Paxton, Lobelia fulgens f. maculata Voss, Lobelia graminea var. pseudosplendens (McVaugh) E.Wimm., Dortmanna cardinalis (L.) Kuntze, Dortmanna cordigera (Cav.) Kuntze, Dortmanna engelmanniana Kuntze, Dortmanna fulgens (Willd.) Kuntze, Dortmanna graminea (Lam.) Kuntze, Dortmanna longifolia (C.Presl) Kuntze, Dortmanna phyllostachya Kuntze, Dortmanna splendens (Willd.) Kuntze, Lobelia cardinalis f. cardinalis , Lobelia cardinalis subsp. cardinalis
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Water thoroughly after soil surface dries
Sunlight
Like adequate light, shade properly under summer strong light
Soil
Peat or soil with specific nutrients
Fertilizer
Dilute fertilizers following instructions, apply once monthly in spring
Pruning
Remove withered flowers, old, diseased, and dead leaves timely
About this plant
- Origin
- China
- Category
- Campanulaceae, Lobelia
- Size
- Diameter ⥠10 cm, height ⥠15 cm
- Blooming period
- Flowering period May-August, viewing period 1-2 weeks
- Flower colors
- red
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