Creating a bird-friendly garden is a delightful way to bring nature closer to home. Birds add color, song, and life to your ...

Q: I keep having trouble with Cardinal Flower in my garden… it disappears and I need to replace it every few years. Is it getting diseased, or am I not giving it what it needs? When it is ...

Hummingbirds are drawn to plants like trumpet vines and cardinal flower, which is why you should plant these varieties if you ...

Cardinal flower (Lobelia cardinalis)Cardinal flower is a mid-summer flowering perennial with brilliant red flowers. It grows naturally in wet areas, along streams and rivers and in sunny marshes.

Of these none surpasses the cardinal flower in regard to eye-catching color. Cardinal flower stems can stand up to 8 feet high but are more commonly between 3-5 feet. The stem and alternating ...

Usually, most garden stores offer a palette of native flowers for customers to choose from. Experts can also provide valuable gardening advice, especially regarding the best flowers to plant together.

The flash of a tiny bird darting through your backyard—iridescent green, a throat like a jewel, wings buzzing like a ...

With flowers that look like daisies in hues of orange, red, or yellow, blanket flowers are easy and fun to grow. "Gaillardia is a champion of extended flowering in sunny spaces," says Linda Vater ...

Cardinal flower blooms mid to late summer, with flowers opening sequentially along tall spikes, beginning at the bottom and working toward the tip. As such, there is no need to deadhead spent blooms.