Lobelia Medley Seed Packet

This is a mix of three Lobelia species: Lobelia cardinalis (Cardinal Flower), Lobelia puberula (Downy Lobelia), and Lobelia siphilitica (Great Blue Lobelia). These species share habitat and condition preferences, but have distinctive bloom colors and characteristics, meaning they can be sown together in the same area for a showy splash of color where suited.

Lobelia are riparian and wetland species known for their brilliant, tubular blooms highly attractive to hummingbirds and long-tongued bees and butterflies. While these plants prefer dampness, if established in the fall or early enough in the spring, many Lobelia can grow just fine in medium moisture soils, as long as the ground doesn’t dry out completely. This makes Lobelia a wonderful rain garden plant, or in an area that gets occasional drainage, such as by a ditch or downspout.

This species most often flowers in their second year from seed, overwintering as a clumping rosette to send floral spires up to 4 feet tall from late summer to early fall. Once finished, Lobelia seed pods are packed with thousands of dust-sized seeds. An ounce can contain around 400,000 seeds, so the species is able to readily self-seed itself in optimal conditions with low competition.