Official Lobelia Flower Seeds (Organic)

Lobelia seeds offer a distinctive and medicinally significant addition to herb gardens, pollinator patches, and native plant landscapes. Known botanically as Lobelia inflata and traditionally referred to as Indian Tobacco or Pukeweed, this species is native to central and eastern North America. These annual or biennial plants begin as low rosettes and produce small, pale blue and white flowers followed by characteristically inflated seed pods—an identifying trait that gives the species its name. When overwintered, Lobelia typically blooms in its second season but can also be grown as a spring annual with attentive care.

Variety Details

• Botanical name: Lobelia inflata
• Plant type: Annual
• Growth habit: Low Growing
• Crop category: Flower seed
• Recorded feature: Container Compatible
• Product format: Seed packet

Sowing & Growing

• Soil Temperature: 65–75°F
• Planting Depth: Surface sow
• Germination: 7–21 Days
• Height At Maturity: 12"–18"
• Days To Maturity: Second Year (Overwintering)
• Sun/Shade: Part to Full Sun
• Spacing After Thinning: 6"–12"

Prepare a weed-reduced seedbed for Official Lobelia Flower and use the recorded planting season, depth, and light requirements. Press shallow-sown seed into good soil contact and keep the seed zone from drying during establishment. Thin or transplant only when the growth habit and spacing call for it. Leave enough room for mature width and air movement. Bloom timing and final height can shift with sowing date, climate, soil, moisture, and competition, so use listed figures as planning ranges.

It thrives in rich, moist soil and tolerates part to full sun with consistent moisture.

Place Official Lobelia Flower where its recorded height and growth habit fit the surrounding planting. Shorter companions can be positioned toward bed edges, while taller stems need room where they will not shade small seedlings too early. If cutting flowers, harvest with clean tools at the stage appropriate to the bloom form. If leaving flowers in place, observe how bloom sequence changes through the season and record which sowing date performed best at the site.

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