Rachel's Journal

Rachel, sorry can't help, but I have taken note of the name and will have it with me, so will ask around, but am not planning to buy anything at the moment.

You might be lucky at Bloom maybe. 

Google gives it as the same:

Botanical name: Lobelia cardinalis 'Elmfeuer'

Other names: Cardinal flower 'Elmfeuer', Cardinal flower 'Elmfeuer', Lobelia 'Elmfeuer', Lobelia cardinalis 'Elm Fire', Lobelia fulgens 'Saint Elmo's Fire'

Lobelia siphilitica has blue flowers and green foliage.

Hi Rachel can't help but if you're a fan of Lobilia you might be interested that B&Q have 4 Lobelia 'fan scarlet' (red flowers purple foliage) for 6 euro.  I bought 4 on Thursday.  I've never bought lobelia before but they're meant to be good for damp soil.  They are lovely healthy looking plants with lots of offshoots which I'm hoping will make new plants.

I will keep an eye out in Bloom, Fran.

Thanks for that, Kristina. There seem to be various misspellings of the German word for fire. It seems that cardinalis and fulgens are synonymous. Weird!

That's great value, Anne. Now all I need is a B&Q! The red leaves Lobelia are my absolute favourites. I think you just can't have enough of them. And they grow in my soil, which is dry!