Lobelia Erinus - Garden lobelia (10 Seeds)

Lobelia erinus

Common Name: Garden lobelia
Synonyms:
Plant Family: Labelianceae

Plant Type: annual/biennial, deciduous, poisonous

Growth habit: mounding
Growth Rate: medium, mature size: 0.1m. high x 0.3m. wide

 

Colour: leaf- green, flower- blue, stem- green

Season of interest: Summer
Position: full sun, partial shade
Soil: moist, clay, sandy, pH preference - Any, pH tolerance - Any
Hardiness: minimum -2°C, USDA zone 4 to 9
Origin: Africa, South

Description:
Neat mounding annual, often with reddish-tinged stems and leaves, covered with small bright blue flowers in summer. May over-winter in mild warm areas as a short lived half-hardy perennial . There are a number of cultivated varieties with a range of flower colour.

Cultivation:
Fertile, moist, well drained soil in full sun or part shade. Adaptable to most soil types but needs consistent watering and will not tolerate dry periods.

Propagation:
Sow seed directly outside in mid-spring, moist, fertile, well-drained soil, or start indoors at 15-24C in late winter, and set out some 8-10 weeks later; often started indoors in colder climates. Good light to part shade. May be divided, or can be grown from stem cuttings. Light needed for germination.

Design and Other Uses:
Border edges, bedding, hanging baskets and other containers.

Other Notes:
pronounced: low-BEE-lee-uh air-IN-us