Cardinal Flower - True Aquatic

Cardinal Flower. The true native aquatic Lobelia cardinalis or "Cardinal Flower" so often mistaken by the multitude of generic "Cardinal Flowers" that can be purchased in commercial nurseries. One of the best shallow true native water plants for the water garden. This is the "true" Cardinal Flower that is found in meadows and along stream banks in nature. It has one of the deepest red colorations in the flower of the hardies. Should be planted close to the water so reflections of its glorious fiery red color, so rare in hardy plants, will be mirrored in the depths below. In a rich moist soil it attains a height of 2 to 4 feet.