I first saw cardinal flowers growing in a drainage ditch along a farm field. Their intense red took my breath away, in part because of their surroundings. This was no well-tended, perennial flower ...

The botanical easy-button has been pressed for this one. This is one of the most easily recognized of all American wildflowers. Whether you know it or not, you’ll surely be seeing red. Cardinal flower ...

From watching butterflies float in the sun to seeing bees zoom from flower-to-flower in the search for pollen and nectar, there is nothing as peaceful as a garden teeming with wildlife. One visitor ...

In the waning weeks of summer, watch for cardinal flower (Lobelia cardinalis) blooming along streambanks and in rain gardens. Bright red clusters of nearly bell-shaped flowers feed pollinators, and ...

A garden with edge borders filled with different kinds of red flowers - Jacky Parker Photography/Getty Images Have you wondered why hummingbird feeders are usually red? It's because red flowers often ...

The early summer wildflower season has arrived. Before long, alongside roadways and woodland edges, some of our more robust native plants will be flowering. By “robust” I mean high growing and stout.

Cardinal flower (Lobelia cardinalis) a Texas native plant flourishes in moist areas in full sun to part shade. When it is so hot and dry you can’t believe something so beautiful as this little plant ...

Cardinal flower lobelia, Lobelia cardinalis is a native perennial that thrives in moist conditions in its native range, but it can be a good garden perennial with regular irrigation. It will grow in ...

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I first saw cardinal flowers growing in a drainage ditch along a field. Their intense red took my breath away, in part because of their surroundings. Growing along that ditch, those cardinal flowers ...