| Common Name | Great Blue Lobelia |
| Scientific Name | Lobelia siphilitica |
| Height | 2'-3' tall |
| Sun/Shade | Partial sun - shade |
| Bloom Season | July - October |
| Bloom Color | Blue |
| Soil | Moist, rich. Found along streams, in wet prairies, woods, etc. |
| Disease Susceptibility | ---- |
| Propagation | Seeds prolifically in moist, open soils |
| Notes | Interesting flower. Blooms and lives longer than L. cardinalis. . |
| Prairie Nursery | Heartland Restoration | Enders | Taylor Creek | Possibility Place | |
| Costs from
Spring 2001 catalog |
3" Pot
1-3 $3.95ea. 4-11 $2.95ea. 12-31 $2.75ea. 32-63 $2.25ea. 64-95 $1.95ea. 96+ $1.75 ea. 470,000seeds/oz
|
20.00/oz | Native plant retail prices:
½ pint - 2.35, pint - 3.40, quart - 4.75, ½ gallon - 5.95, gallon - 7.50 & up. |
11.25/oz
1.25/plant |
Flat of 32 - $37.00
2" plug - $2.25 each gallons - $4.75 |
Information on Lobelia siphilitica:
- USDA's PLANTS database. Plant Profile: http://plants.usda.gov/plants/cgi_bin/topics.cgi?earl=fact_sheet.cgi
- Wisconsin State Herbarium - http://wiscinfo.doit.wisc.edu/herbarium/scripts/detail.asp?SpCode=LOBSIP
- List of Roadside Native Plants for Illinois - http://www.inhs.uiuc.edu/~kenr/prairietable1.html
- Landscaping with Plants Native to Indiana. (pamphlet). November 1999.
- Cullina, Willaim. The New England Wild Flower Society Guide to
Growing and Propagating Wildflowers of the United States and Canada.
Boston: Houghton Mifflin Co, 2000.
- Harstad, Carolyn. Go Native! Gardening with Native Plants and
Wildflowers in the Lower Midwest. Bloomington: Indiana University
Press, 1999