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    Lobelia giberroa

    Also Known As

    • Lobelia gibberoa
    • Giant Lobelia

    Plant type

    perennial

    size

    • H: 16'-18'
    • W: 3'-6'

    planting zones

    • 9a-11

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    Lobelia giberroa plant details

    Lobelia giberroa is a broadleaf evergreen perennial with green foliage. In fall and summer blue, cream and green flowers emerge. Attracts hummingbirds. Does well in rich and well-drained soil.

    CHARACTERISTICS OF Lobelia giberroa

    Plant type: perennial
    Plant family: campanulaceae
    Foliage: evergreen green
    Mature size: 3 FT - 6 FT - wide, 16 FT - 18 FT - tall
    Flowers: blue, cream and green blooms in fall and summer

    GROWING CONDITIONS for Lobelia giberroa

    USDA Zones: 9a - 11
    Sun exposure: sun - mostly shade
    Soil needs: rich and well-drained

    Nursery contributed plant descriptions

    The afromontane forests of Ethiopia to Kenya is home to this tender giant rosette macroforb that should have starred in Avatar. Tobacco-like leaves crowd the top of an unbranched stem to 6'-8' and then the craziness happens with a 6'-10' thick vertical wand of greenish white flowers. Crikey!

    By: Far Reaches Farm

    Probably our rarest plant in 2004! This gigantic Lobelia species from Kenya looks sort of like a clump of palm trees with huge, purplish tinted leaves. Eventually it forms a HUGE flowering flower spike to 18’ tall (WAAAH?) of greenish white flowers. Pictures show it often growing in the mist & so I’m sure it will thrive here in the Bay Area where other highland Kenyan plants do very well. Rich, moist soil is probably the ticket. Bright shade I’m guessing.

    By: Annie's Annuals & Perennials

    Gardening facts about Lobelia giberroa plant

    How to Grow Lobelia giberroa

    • Sun Exposure

      • sun - mostly shade

    • Soil Needs

      • well-drained
      • rich

    Features

    • Foliage Color

      • green

    • Flower Color

      • cream
      • green
      • blue

    • Wildlife

      • hummingbirds

    • Flower Season

      • summer
      • fall

    • Foliage Season

      • evergreen

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    Zones

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    Size

    Height: 3'-5'

    Width: 2'

    • sun - mostly shade
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    Zones

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    Width: 3'-4'

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    Plant Type

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    Zones

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    Size

    Height: 6'

    Width: 4'

    • sun - mostly sun
    • low
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    Plant Type

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    Zones

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    Size

    Height: 2'-3'

    Width: 4'-8'

    • sun - mostly sun
    • regular - drought tolerant
    Photo of Lobelia laxiflora close-up, flower by Little Prince of Oregon
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    Plant Type

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    Zones

    7b-10a

    Size

    Height: 5'-6'

    Width: 4'-6'

    • sun
    • regular - occasional
    Photo of Lobelia 'Bruce Wakefield' flowers, foliage by Secret Garden Growers
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