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  • Answered by
    Downtoearthdigs on
    February 18, 2017
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    This may depend on the variety that you are growing and the type of garden that you are planting in.
    You may want a more mass planting or individual plant. It's fine to make decisions taking the information and adapting it to your own garden!

    https://www.gardeningknowhow.com/ornamental/flowers/lobelia/cutting-back-lobelia.htm
    https://www.gardeningknowhow.com/ornamental/flowers/lobelia/lobelia.htm

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    Downtoearthdigs on
    March 14, 2017
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    Shop at your local garden centers and greenhouses. Trailing Lobelia is grown as an annual in most zones, though it can be a tender perennial in zones 9-10.

    If you can't locate plants, try direct sowing seeds right into your garden beds.

    https://www.gardeningknowhow.com/ornamental/flowers/lobelia/lobelia.htm

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    BushDoctor on
    November 5, 2017
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    This depends on if you have an annual or perennial lobelia. There are many species, and each have different care requirement. They won't tolerate freezing temperatures well, so if it gets cold in your area you will have to dig them up. Here is a collection of articles that will help you care for lobelia: https://www.gardeningknowhow.com/ornamental/flowers/lobelia/

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    Randy_O_G on
    April 8, 2018
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    Thanks I will defiantly will look into that! :)

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    MichiganDot on
    April 7, 2018
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    I had a chuckle at you describing -8C as pretty cold. I guess it is all what one is used to! Anyway, with a name like Cambridge, you'd think this would tolerate UK temps but it is listed by Thompson-Morgan and other seed sites as an annual. Seed is tiny but you can try to collect it in fall. The downside is that hybrids do not come true from seed and slowly revert back to the parent plant over years of saving seeds. I find this fascinating to watch. Lobelia is part of the large Campanula family which includes creeping bellflowers. There are perennial groundcover Campanulas that will tolerate UK winter. One is Campanula portenshlagiana.

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    Downtoearthdigs on
    May 18, 2018
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    Lobelia actually make the list for plant that Elk don't like!
    If hungry they will eat anything.

    http://www.roaringforklifestyle.com/2015/06/26/gardening-to-resist-deer-and-elk/

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    drtreelove on
    June 23, 2018
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    Increase the soil organic matter content (compost) and mulch the soil surface, so that the soil can retain moisture.
    Or water the plant in the soil more frequently than the one in the pot.
    Or pot the plant that is not doing well in the bare soil.

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