 | Cardinal Flower Seeds (Lobelia cardinalis). Harvested from the gardens at Monticello. The brilliant scarlet-colored flower of this summer-blooming North American species was considered the finest red in nature upon its introduction to Europe in 1629. Cardinal Flowers grow in moist woodland areas of Monticello, although the seed Thomas Jefferson sowed in a Monticello oval flower bed in 1807 was probably obtained from Philadelphia nurseryman Bernard McMahon. Jefferson-documented: Cardinal Flower (Lobelia cardinalis) was documented by Thomas... - Cardinal Flower Seeds (Lobelia cardinalis). |
