The color blue is pretty rare in nature, but the blue of lobelia (Lobelia erinus) is on the mark. This vibrant, low-growing annual brightens garden beds, borders, pots and even hanging baskets. It ...

At that price, who can’t help but pop these puffy blue annuals into every nook and cranny? Lobelia erinus is the fancy name for the common annual. But I beg to argue with the annual status.

Photo/Lee GugliadaGraceful blue lobelia erinus make for an eye-catching summertime display in window boxes or when used in borders.STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. -- I‘ve been growing Lobelia, a ...

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 ...

Lobelia erinus contains pain-killing chemicals; lobeline, a substance derived from a New England species of Lobelia, has shown promise in the treatment of drug addiction.

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 ...

When these explorers stopped at the Cape of Good Hope in South Africa, they harvested the seeds of royal blue Lobelia (Lobelia erinus), which is indigenous to that locale and contains pain-killing ...

THE accompanying note on this alien Scrophulariaceous plant will, I think, be of interest to many of your readers, more especially to those who, as members of the British Association, took part in ...

THE intense blue flowers of Lobelia erinus make it one of the most popular choices for spring and early summer bedding plant displays in cool-climate gardens.

Lobelia (lobelia erinus) is a lovely botanical wonder that grows into a tidy globe around eight inches in size. It does well in mixed flower beds or as an edging plant in perennial borders.