Lobelia Cambridge and other types of flower: description and photo of varieties under the names Pearl thread, Undersized, Black-headed, Lobivia, Blue fountain, White cascade

Lush rugs scattered among the greenery delight the eye and give the garden a sophisticated charm. From the first summer days to autumn frosts, the lobelia is completely covered with miniature flowers of delicate shades: blue, pink, sky blue, violet, purple. Lobelia is an annual plant, but can be a perennial, shrub, or tree. Belongs to the bell-bell family. There are approximately four hundred different varieties of this flower. Consider only the most popular species under the names Pearl thread, Lobivia, Mrs. Clibran and several others, show their photos.

Description and photo of species of flower

Mrs. Clibran

This variety belongs to annual. This is a decorative flowering plant that has spherical bushes, at least ten in height and fifteen cm in maximum. Lobelia stems are actively branching. They are all covered with flowers, saturated, blue with a white eye in the center, up to two cm in diameter, on short pedicels.

Has a strong and long flowering, from June to frost. It begins to bloom seventy to eighty days after sowing.

Suitable for decorating flower beds, flower beds and in group plantings. Lobelia looks good on the front of the curb.

Take a look at how Mrs. Clibran’s lobelia smoothes out spectacularly.

Daily

This species is also known as erinus or garden lobelia.. This plant quickly blooms and decorates the site until the fall.

Flowers are: bright blue, blue, pink, white, raspberry and reddish. Landing, mainly on flowerbeds, alpine hills and borders.

Well suited for hanging baskets and balcony drawers. Also looks great on a flower bed among other cultures.

Blue fountain

It is a perennial, although it is most often used as a disposable one. This is a herbaceous plant with drooping shoots (length - up to thirty cm).

He loves places with a lot of sunshine and quite unpretentious. Preference is given to loamy and sandy loamy soils.

For seedlings, crops are produced in the fall. It is covered with glass and placed in a lighted place. Seedlings are transplanted after the spring frosts end.

Blue eyes

This variety blooms very early, a few weeks earlier than the standard species. It is also a perennial, used as an annual. In the form of a ball, ten to fifteen cm high, and fifteen to twenty cm wide. There are many small (one to two cm) flowers.

These varieties can be used for border and carpet planting in flower beds, for bordering flower beds. Blue eyes bloom actively and very profusely for a long time.

Sown for seedlings, in March-April, in boxes with a light substrate. The box is covered with film and placed in a bright place. After germination, the film is removed. From boxes landed at the end of May.

Undersized

A stunted lobelia is one that grows low to the ground and strewn over it with a beautiful and bright carpet. It has several subspecies that will be discussed in more detail below:

"Royal carpet"

Bushes (10-20 cm), numerous fragrant flowers. The flower stalk is collected in loose brushes of inflorescences - pink-lilac in color.

"Emperor Willy"

These are blue flowers, on a short peduncle, about two cm in diameter. The bushier the bush, the more flowers. It blooms from June to the first frosts. Not afraid of cooling, up to -1.

Cambridge

The flowers are sky blue, up to two cm in diameter, on short pedicels, one each in the axils of the leaves. Strongly branching stems densely cover. It blooms from June to frost.

Blooms 70-80 days after sowing. If you remove the faded stems in a timely manner, then the flowering time increases.

White Palace

A delightful plant strewn with pretty white flowers. The bush is densely branched, twelve cm high. Flowering from June to September. Early flowering variety.

White cascade

Annual Its shoots are thin, creeping, up to fifty cm long. Abundant flowering from June to autumn. Snow-white flowers, up to two cm in diameter.

Seeds are sown in February and March. Rises in nine to ten days. Seedlings are planted in the ground in early May. Used for planting in hanging baskets and flowerpots, vases and balcony boxes.

Purple

This flower is great for aquariums. It has light green leaves, their lower side can turn red-violet. Purple Lobelia is widely used in the design of Dutch aquariums.

Dortman

Dortman's variety is very rare and even listed in the Red Book. Perennial, coastal-aquatic plant. Up to one meter high. Fleshy blunt leaves, up to 5 cm long and up to 0.5 wide.
It blooms in June and July. Reproduction: by seed and vegetatively.

Rosamund

Dense cascading bush and spectacular view. Shoots of decorative lobelia Rosamunda fall. Strongly branched, twenty-twenty-five cm long. During flowering, miniature flowers cover the plant. Sowing seedlings: from March to the end of April. Take-out on open ground at the end of frost.

White lady

Perennial plant, grown as an annual. It forms a bush with a height of thirteen cm and a width of 15-20 cm. It is strewn with numerous, small, 1-2 cm in diameter flowers.
Lobelia flowering White lady is plentiful, long-lasting.

Emperor Willy

Emperor Willy is a perennial herb. The stems are thin, highly branching from the base, densely leafy. Flowers are bright blue in color, with a short peduncle. Gets color in the beginning of June and finishes upon the onset of freezing.

Bird home

Rare and unusual perennial flower. Height, up to seventy cm. Numerous, dense spike-shaped inflorescences - from July to frost. Need moderately moist soil. Feel good in the sun or in partial shade.

Lobelia Swallow's Nest is perfect for decorating the shore of the pond and the middle part of the mixborder. Looks impressive in small groups. Self-seeding is possible.

Erinus

Blue and violet varieties of lobelia usually sprout faster and fall out less at the seedling stage than lilac, pinkish and white colors. Erinus blooms - seventy to eighty days after sowing. The flowering period is from June to September.

Remove faded stems to extend flowering. In place of faded flowers, seeds are formed, seeds with very small seeds.

Seed germination - three years. Erinus lobelia also has other names: garden lobelia; black; curb; blue

There are five types of this lobelia:

Compact

A dense bush is formed, with erect shoots, ten to fifteen cm high.

Sprawling

Bush with long, sprawling stems, up to thirty cm long. At the same time, the height reaches only fifteen cm.

Dwarf

The smallest form. Its height is eight to twelve cm.

Upright

Column-shaped bush up to twenty-five cm high.

Ampelic

Scourge thirty-thirty-five cm. The plant hangs down and forms a cascade.

Read more about the most beautiful and unpretentious varieties of ampel lobelia, as well as what care they like, read in our material.

Sapphire

Sapphire is an annual plant. Thirty-five centimeters high. Diameter - one and a half cm. Beautiful ampelous plant, with hanging or creeping stems, covered with blue, with a white eye, flowers forming a vibrant blue waterfall. For seedlings - in May-April. Into the ground - after frost. Flowering: from July to the cold.

Riviera

There are several types of varieties Riviera:

Blue spray

Differs in early flowering. Diameter - fifteen to twenty cm. Covered with small flowers of light blue color with dark blue strokes.

Upright

Annual plant. A very early variety, blooms fifteen days earlier than others. The bush is strewn with numerous flowers. Flowering is plentiful and long.

White

Annual flower. Earlier flowering. Bushes covered with copiously white small flowers.

Blue

Perennial. It grows well and blooms profusely in our area, like an annual flower. Spherical bushes strewn with blue flowers.

Crystal palace

This is a perennial plant that is used as an annual. The stems are thin, highly branching from the base, densely leafy. The lobelia bushes of the Crystal Palace are compact, with bronze leaves: small, lanceolate, intact. The flowers are dark blue.

Seedlings - March-April. For planting in the ground, any garden land (rich in humus) is suitable. And also, a shaded or sunny place. Disembarkation - after the end of frost. In August - cut low (at a height of 5 cm), feed, loosen and water. After which, a second wave of flowering sets in.

Conclusion

There are many varieties of this plant. And everyone is distinguished by their beauty and brightness of flowering. Something more suitable for a flowering lawn, something to fill the garden and flower garden. And something will be located only near the water, if you have an aquarium or a reservoir.