Lobelia

About This Plant...

Genus and species: Lobelia erinus

Plant type: cool-season annual

Height: 5 inches

Location and soil: part shade; cool, moist soil

Uses: edging, containers

Bloom time: summer

Color range: light blue, dark blue, wine, white

Indoor Sowing...

Time needed to reach transplant size: 8-12 weeks

When to transplant to garden: after last spring frost

Outdoor Sowing...

When to sow outdoors: after last spring frost

Other Sowing Guidelines...

Approx. germination time: 21 days

Germination temp.: 75 degrees F.

Sowing Depth: surface sow

Needs light or dark to germinate: light

Transplanting Guidelines...

Spacing between plants: 6 inches

Growing On...

Pests:

Diseases:

Growing tips: good for a splash of blue in window boxes and hanging baskets

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