Lobelia cardinalis 'Black Truffle'
Cardinal Flower 'Black Truffle'
Original:'Black Truffle' has maroon foliage once the plant has matured. A bushy, upright variety with sporting red flowers. This plant is easily propagated by seed or by dividing out the young plants which form around the older mature plants each year. Although a perennial, they can be short lived. They prefer moist soils in part shade. New:Lobelia cardinalis is an upright, clump-forming plant with fairly glossy leaves tinged with purple, and spires of bright red, two-lipped flowers 5cm in length
Contributed by @kristof
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Full sun to partial shade
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Occasional watering
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Frost Hardy: 23F (-5°C)
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Moist and fertile
Common name
Cardinal Flower 'Black Truffle'
Latin name
Lobelia cardinalis 'Black Truffle'
type
Herbaceous Perennials
family
Campanulaceae
ph
5.5 - 8.0 Acid - Neutral
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Light
Full sun to partial shade
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Frost
Frost Hardy: 23F (-5°C)
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Soil
Moist and fertile
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Water
Occasional watering
Plant & bloom calendar
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Best time to plant
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When the plant will bloom
full grown dimensions
0.50 M
0.90 M
Lobelia cardinalis 'Black Truffle'
Original:'Black Truffle' has maroon foliage once the plant has matured. A bushy, upright variety with sporting red flowers. This plant is easily propagated by seed or by dividing out the young plants which form around the older mature plants each year. Although a perennial, they can be short lived. They prefer moist soils in part shade. New:Lobelia cardinalis is an upright, clump-forming plant with fairly glossy leaves tinged with purple, and spires of bright red, two-lipped flowers 5cm in length
Flowering
From Late Summer TO Mid Autumn
Terminal spires of two-lipped flowers appear from late Summer to mid Autumn
Planting
From Mid Spring TO Late Spring
Plant in deep, moist, fertile soil in a sunny site.
Propagating by seed
From Early Spring TO Mid Spring
Sow seed in good seed compost in gentle heat in Spring
Propagating by division
From Mid Spring TO Late Spring
The established plants can be divided in Spring, and divisions replanted
kristof
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