#blue lobelia

[scienceisabeautifulthing]

Some of the native flowers I planted are finally blooming!!! We’ll see if the pollinators are as excited as I am!

It’s my first time growing these plants in general, so I’ve only had pictures to go off of for what their colors and shapes would look like. The beebalm in particular is stunning- I’m really pleased with it even if it IS doing its level best to get killed by a fungus 😭

[faguscarolinensis]

Lobelia puberula / Downy Lobelia at the Sarah P. Duke Gardens at Duke University in Durham, NC

[geopsych]

Holiday stuff. I don’t break out the flowers until you-know-what (Christmas) is out of the way. My mom gave me that snowman years ago. 🤍☃️

[hotdishwildflowers]

i've never really understood why so many purple flowers are just named 'blue this' or 'blue that'. must be a little like how elizabeth taylor's eyes were described as 'violet' despite being blue

My photos: September 2023

[thesingingbullfrog]

[debunkshy]

Blue Lobelia Lobelia siphilitica West Dane Conservancy, WI 22 August 2019

[thesingingbullfrog]

Spider Acres Native Plants: Great Blue Lobelia. The lower three petals of the flower provide a landing pad for a bee. A bee of the correct weight, a bumblebee most of the time, will depress the petals while it works to crawl inside the flower to get nectar. The stigma is bent downwards and rubs pollen on the bees head and back.

[debunkshy]

Blue Lobelia Lebelia siphilitica Pleasant Valley Conservancy, WI 19 August 2019