Lobelia Species, Mexican Cardinal Flower

This plant is easy to grow and and maintain. It does attract the Humming birds as all other users have stated. Give it plenty of space as...Read More it will branch out. You can find more data sheet info here Data Sheet

I'm on the boarder of Neutral to Positive. As others have stated, the hummingbirds love this plant, however, if you don't control it, it...Read More'll spread and spread and spread. Mine is over 4' in circumference at about 4-5 years old. Dies back in our Zone 9 Winter *Walnut Creek, CA*
It definitely flops over - that's just it's nature! Easily transplanted from runners and even self seeds a bit.

Not my plant but in the local botanical gardens, they grow this against a south facing wall, sometimes it will stay evergreen, but most o...Read Moref the time, it will be herbaceous here, returning from the ground. However it flowers without fail every year, and the flowers are really quite wonderful, with very warm colours.

Excellent addition if the climate allows for it.

This plant thrives on neglect in my hot, dry garden in Fresno, Ca. I first encountered it in a semi-shady pine glade at my sister's in P...Read Moreacific Grove where it surely received much more moisture and less sunlight. I took a little piece of it home and got it started in my yard where it's flourished for years. The hummingbirds love it and I like the color. My only ambivalence, hence the neutral rating, is prompted by its rampant and floppy growth habit. No adjacent plant stands a chance without human intervention.
This is not a tidy, little plant.