Red Cardinal Flower

The cardinal flower is a tall perennial lobelia that is native to the eastern United States and not to be confused with the low-growing, often blue annual lobelia. Its brilliant, showy red blooms ...

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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 ...

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I first saw cardinal flowers growing in a drainage ditch along a farm field. Their intense red took my breath away. The beauty of those cardinal flowers was not in their profusion of blooms but in the ...

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Hummingbirds are very plentiful this time of the year if you have plants that attract them to your garden. The native bright red Cardinal flower is their all time favorite. Hummingbirds are very ...

AOL: 16 Vibrant Red Flowers To Plant And Grow If You Want To Attract Hummingbirds

Red flowers instantly draw the eye with their bold colors, and inspire displays of stupefied awe with their beauty. Jewel-toned hummingbirds seem to share the same sentiment. Celebrated as a keystone ...

16 Vibrant Red Flowers To Plant And Grow If You Want To Attract Hummingbirds

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The Conversation: Red flowers have a ‘magic trait’ to attract birds and keep bees away

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Red flowers have a ‘magic trait’ to attract birds and keep bees away

If I could have only one plant for hummingbirds and butterflies in my garden, it would be cardinal flower. The plant asks for little, only sun and moist soil. Helen Hamilton, president of the John ...