This vivacious water-lover is perfect for the rain garden or middle of the border.
Lobelia 'Starship Scarlet' Cardinal Flower delivers bold vertical color with vivid scarlet red flower spikes and a neat, uniform habit. Ideal for borders, walkways, and mass plantings, it creates a refined, structured look in the landscape.
This water-loving perennial thrives in rain gardens, moist soils, and waterside plantings, making it perfect for areas near ponds, streams, and low-lying beds. It also performs beautifully in part sun to partial shade, adding vibrant color where it's needed most.
Blooming in its first year, 'Starship Scarlet' produces long-lasting red blooms that attract hummingbirds and pollinators while remaining deer resistant. Its improved branching forms a naturally bushy, upright plantno staking or pruning required.
Easy to grow and low maintenance, this hardy Cardinal Flower thrives in rich, consistently moist soil and tolerates wet conditions with ease. A dependable choice for adding season-long color to rain gardens and perennial borders.
| Genus | Lobelia |
| Variety | 'Starship Scarlet' |
| ppaf | x. speciosa |
| Item Form | 1-Quart |
| Zone | 6 - 10 |
| Bloom Start to End | Mid Summer - Mid Fall |
| Habit | Columnar |
| Height | 20 in - 24 in |
| Width | 12 in - 14 in |
| Additional Characteristics | Easy Care Plants, Flower |
| Bloom Color | Red |
| Light Requirements | Full Sun |
| Moisture Requirements | Wet, Moist, well-drained |
| Resistance | Humidity Tolerant |
| Soil Tolerance | Normal, loamy |
| Uses | Beds, Border, Foundation |
| Restrictions | *Due to state restrictions we cannot ship to the following: Virgin Islands, Hawaii, Canada, Guam, Puerto Rico |
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