Who does not want a garden brimming with hummingbirds? Find out what beautiful flower you can plant that will keep the little ...

Cardinal flowers are a vibrant, late-summer blooming plant that thrives in central Ohio. This resilient plant attracts pollinators like hummingbirds and butterflies, and tolerates wet conditions.

Growing along that ditch, those cardinal flowers were "mere" wildings. What's more, they were blooming in deep shade, a place usually lit, if at all, by white flowers.

Those seeds were from one of many cardinal flower hybrids available in various shades of red, as well as white and blue. I suggest growing the pure species (the wild form, Lobelia cardinalis) with ...

Every now and then, these plants feature pink or even white corollas. The corolla is made up of five fused petals which form a tube, and at the upper end are two prominent lips. The lower lip is ...

This mix of cardinal flower, eastern Columbine and wild bergamot also helps the bees, butterflies and moths that 96% of backyard birds rely on to feed their young. Good for part shade.

Each individual cardinal flower is a tube about two inches long with noticeable white-tipped stamens. Ruby-throated hummingbirds find the bright red blooms -- and the nectar -- irresistible.

Growing along that ditch, those cardinal flowers were “mere” wildings. What’s more, they were blooming in deep shade, a place usually lit, if at all, by white flowers.