Tried and True Native Plant Selections for the Mid-Atlantic
This lovely wildflower, a hummingbird favorite, shines with brilliant scarlet flowers. Its natural habitat is floodplain forests, swamps, and wet meadows throughout the Mid-Atlantic Region.* The Virginia Native Plant Society honored Cardinal Flower as Wildflower of the Year in 1991.
*It is native to DC and common in DE. It is present throughout MD and PA. It is frequent throughout VA. You can view the VA counties in which it has been reported here.
Learn more about Lobelia cardinalis.
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