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Genus: L

Lamiastrum: yellow archangel
Lamium: Dead nettle
Laportea: wood nettle
Laurentia: blue star creeper
Lavandula: lavender
Ledum: Labrador tea
Leptinella: brass buttons
Liatris: Blazing star
Lilium: Turk's-cap lily
Lindera
Liriodendron: tulip tree; yellow poplar
Liriope: creeping lilyturf
Lobelia: cardinal flower; great blue lobelia
Lonicera: honeysuckle
Ludwigia: False loosestrife
Lycopodium: ground cedar; tree club moss
Lyonia: swamp andromeda
Lysimachia: loosestrife

Catalog as of April 01, 2008

Lobelia

(Lobeliaceae - lobelia family)

About 375 species of herbs, shrubs, or sometimes trees. Most are native to tropical or warm-temperate regions. A number of species are cultivated as ornamentals.

cardinalis

peren • ht 3' • zones 4-10

cardinal flower

native, wildlife, moist - wet, sun - part shade
e NA

Bears brilliant scarlet flowers about 1-1/2" long, over a long period in late summer and early fall. One of the most brilliantly colored of our native flowers. Likes a bit of shade, but does well in full sun if the soil is moist. The flowers are a favorite food source for hummingbirds.

cat # 6K8J
$8.95 each / 3+, $8.50 ea

siphilitica

peren • ht 3' • zones 4-9

great blue lobelia

native, moist - wet, part shade - sun
e and cent US

A handsome species, bearing flowers which are blue with a bit of white. Quite persistent once established. Great blue lobelia seems to be a bit more tolerant of dryish conditions than cardinal flower, but in other respects is much like that plant. The species name for this plant refers to its use in the past as a supposed cure for syphilis.

cat # 6K8N
$8.95 each