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 ...

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 floodplain of the stream behind my house is currently dotted with the bright red blooms of the cardinal flower. Watching for them out back or as I drive along the many brooks, streams and rivers ...

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 ...

John Burroughs, the 19th-century naturalist, wrote, “But when vivid color is wanted, what can surpass or equal our Cardinal flower? There is a glow about this flower as if color emanated from it as ...

A dramatic perennial with deep red foliage and striking blooms can turn an ordinary garden into a favorite stop for ...

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 ...

The cardinal flower, now blooming across Georgia, is, in my mind, the signature plant of summer. It is the reddest of Georgia’s red wildflowers, redder than the Indian paintbrush, fire pink and ...

I don't know whether it is the archaic language, the wonder of the time, or the more thoughtful and slower pace of life in the past, but it seems like the field guides and scientific surveys of the ...

Hummingbirds are a welcome sight for most gardeners. They commonly return to spaces where they can find shelter and reliable food sources. To create a more inviting and attractive hummingbird feeding ...