Cardinal flower can routinely handle the wide range of temperatures across USDA zones 3 to 9. It is known to survive down to -34°F, and some zone 2 gardeners have grown it successfully.

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I first saw cardinal flowers growing in a drainage ditch along a farm field. Their intense red took my breath away, in part because of their surroundings. This was no well-tended, perennial flower … ...

Cardinal flower stems can stand up to eight feet high and favors wet ditches, damp pastures, marshes, and the banks of rivers and creeks.

Cardinal flowers like shade and constantly moist, acidic soil. They will thrive in sun, too, blossoming more profusely with adequate water.

The cardinal flower ranges from southern Canada down to Florida and Texas, extending across the southern plains to California. Cardinal flowers have a special relationship with hummingbirds; their ...

The Cardinal flowers in my garden often bloom until frost. Sometimes I do cut off or deadhead a few stalks since this makes them continue to send up bloom stalks.

Cardinal flower stems can stand up to 8 feet high but are more commonly between 3-5 feet. The stem and alternating leaves are rather coarse and certainly robust.

The cardinal flower, now blooming across Georgia, is, in my mind, the signature plant of summer. It is the reddest of Georgia’s red wildflowers, redder than the Indian paintbrush, ...

I first saw cardinal flowers growing in a drainage ditch along a farm field. Their intense red took my breath away, in part because of their surroundings. This was no well-tended, perennial flower ...