| General Description | Lobelia cardinalis 'Queen Victoria' is a clumping, herbaceous perennial with tall erect stalks bearing terminal clusters of vivid red flowers. |
| Landscape | Use in a perennial border or bed to add height and late summer colour. Also good for woodland and wild gardens and in wet areas such as near ponds and streams. |
| Cultivation | Grow in part shade, in medium to wet, rich, humusy soil. Requires consistently wet soil. Tolerates full sun in cool, northern climates. If needed, clumps can be divided in spring. |
| Pests | No serious pests or diseases of note. |
| Habitat | Bogs, moist meadows and nearby streams. |
| Leaf Description | Alternate, dark reddish-purple, lanceolate. |
| Flower Description | Showy, tubular with 2 lips: lower lip is prominently tri-lobed, upper lip has two narrow lobes, all vividly red, in terminal racemes on tall, erect, unbranched stalks. |
| Colour Description | Stem and leaves are reddish-purple and blooms are a deep, saturated red. |
