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 ...

Editor’s note: Once a month, OSU Extension Master Gardener Volunteers in Franklin County profile a plant that occurs naturally in central Ohio. As the heat of summer blazes, many of us are looking for ...

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 ...

When you plant a rain garden, you do your part for the environment, filtering runoff and protecting groundwater. Pick the ...

Each year the cardinal flower blooms for me, I am thankful. I'm thankful because although the plants are perennials, they are short-lived ones and could disappear anytime. Their ability to self-sow ...

Q. I recently attended a garden fair and purchased some cardinal flower plants. Could you please tell me how to care for them? — Becca, Woodbourne A. Cardinal flower (Lobelia cardinalis) is an ...

Right now, cardinal flowers on windowsills across the world are springing to life. Among the most colorful gesneriads, cardinal flower (Sinningia cardinalis) has been a favorite houseplant for decades ...

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 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.

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 ...