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  • LOBELIA siphilitica
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    LOBELIA siphilitica

    Commonly known as Blue cardinal flower

    Clear blue
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    1.5 to 2 Litre   - Click to view photo - Early in the year, typically January til end of March, herbaceous plants might be supplied in 9cm pots to ensure timely despatch
    Gift Wrapping available on this plant - UK Delivery Only
    Gift Wrapping available on this plant
    (UK Delivery Only)
    Delivery Information
    Normally 3 - 5 days
    Collect only available from our nursery nr Redruth in Cornwall
    Ready in 3 - 5 days
    individually £13.50 each , 3+ £12.00 each 
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    • Pests & Diseases
      Slugs, leaf blotch.
    • Place of origin
      Eastern USA.
    • Blue
      Clear blue
    • Racemes
      Dense racemes 10-50cm (4-20in) long
    • Tubular
    • Border
      Suits a mixed or herbaceous border
    • Fully hardy
    • Height
      60-120cm (24-48in)
    • Spread
      30cm (12in)
    • Herbaceous
      Early in the year, typically January till end of March, herbaceous plants might be supplied in 9cm pots to ensure timely despatch.
      Clump-forming perennial with erect, leafy stems. Toothed leaves can be oval, broadly lance-shaped or oblong. They are 10-15cm (4-6in) long, light-green and softly hairy. Produces long-lasting, tubular, 2-lipped flowers 2.5-3.5cm (1-1½in) across
    • Hardy - cold winter
      Hardy in most places throughout the UK even in severe winters. May not withstand open/exposed sites or central/northern locations. Plant can withstand temperatures down to -15°C (5°F)
    • Summer Seasonal Interest
    • Fertile moist well-drained soil
    • Full sun
    • Partial shade
    • harmful if eaten
      People and pets, i.e. cats, dogs, rabbits, rodents, notably dogs and cats
    • skin irritant
      People and pets, i.e. cats, dogs, rabbits, rodents, notably dogs and cats
    • Mature Size
      60-120cm (24-48in)
      Herbaceous - guide for size not form Watering Can
        30cm (12in)
       
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