Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A close-up of purple lobelia flowers - Tc397/Getty Images We all have visions of lush, overflowing flower beds when we start ...

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. -- I‘ve been growing Lobelia, a striking deep blue flower with white eyes, for many years. And although they’d always start out looking wonderful, as the summer season progressed, ...

This should not be a surprise, you might say, since there are a total of 415 Lobelia species throughout the world. There must be at least one species you would love and at least one I would love, too.

When the subject of lobelia comes up, most people think of the diminutive Lobelia erinus, much prized for the intensity of its cobalt-blue flowers, though it comes in other shades of blue and purple ...