Marketplace Genus

Lobelia / Cardinal Flower

Lobelia

1 cultivar

Lobelia is a diverse genus of flowering plants celebrated for its vibrant, striking blooms and exceptional appeal to pollinators like hummingbirds and butterflies. While the genus includes low-growing edging annuals and trailing varieties, the standout stars for many landscapes are the upright, moisture-loving perennials like the Cardinal Flower (Lobelia cardinalis). These robust perennials produce tall, terminal spikes of intensely colored tubular flowers—most famously in deep scarlet red—from mid-summer into early autumn. Ideal for rain gardens, water features, boggy areas, and consistently moist borders, perennial Lobelia adds dramatic vertical structure and vivid color to residential and botanical-style gardens, thriving in damp environments where many other plants struggle.